X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2006 22:44:00 +0100 From: Robin Walker Reply-To: Robin Walker To: =?UTF-8?Q?Ren=C3=A9_Berber?= , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: sshd: fork of unprivileged child failed Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.4 (Win32) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id k54LiDsf025322 --On 04 June 2006 16:27 -0500 René Berber wrote: > Robin Walker wrote: > >> I have a system with Cygwin sshd installed that refuses to accept >> connections. sshd is running and listening on port 22. >> >> In the Windows Application Log there are, for each failed connection >> attempt, entries of the form: >> >> sshd: PID xxxx: fatal: fork of unprivileged child failed. > > What is you configuration in respect to privilege separation? UsePrivilegeSeparation yes > And a few more details could be useful, version of Windows, XP Pro, fully up to date. > any special ssh configuration? I have not configured anything. It used to work: now it doesn't. > was sshd and users installed following the provided documentation? To what provided documentation are you referring? -- Robin Walker (Junior Bursar), Queens' College, Cambridge CB3 9ET, UK rdhw@cam.ac.uk http://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/ Tel:+44 1223 335528 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/