X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <96c450350712240607n182da9a1ybd6960ab618f067f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:07:28 -0600 From: "Kevin Hilton" To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Struggling to setup sshd with Windows Vista In-Reply-To: <96c450350712231819x121d06f9o36470e6e935a43bc@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <96c450350712230222s3549d224m75974cd082bf71a3@mail.gmail.com> <96c450350712230448q14dc0ac3s34e85de08d9b6e9f@mail.gmail.com> <96c450350712231207g36bcc392w38c92bf52a52802c@mail.gmail.com> <96c450350712231217o456e04c4ofb65e23ef14485c9@mail.gmail.com> <96c450350712231819x121d06f9o36470e6e935a43bc@mail.gmail.com> Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: 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 Thanks for the last tip about deleting the sshd user. I did that and know everything works. Just to summarize for anyone who is trying to get this working on Windows Vista Open two cygwin shells - one in Administrator mode (right click->Run Administrator mode), the other as a normal user Uninstall Steps (From previous attempted failed installations) In Adminstrator shell 1. net stop sshd 2. cygrunsrv -R sshd 3. net user Delete any user listed like sshd or sshd_server. The following syntax is to be used: net user sshd /DELETE 4. rm -R /etc/ssh* 5. mkpasswd -cl > /etc/passwd 6. mkgroup --local > /etc/group In User shell 1. cd ~ 2. rm -R .ssh Installation Steps In Administrator shell 1. ssh-host-config -y 2. net start sshd In User shell 1. ssh-user-config (Answer questions as appropriate to your situation) 2. Test connection: ssh -vvv localhost Things you don't need to do: 1. Turn off UAC 2. Add/Delete Users through any other interface 3. Change file permissions (on /var/empty for example) Hopefully this will help someone -- A lot of threads out there complaining of problems on Vista -- 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/