X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: "Dave Korn" To: References: Subject: RE: installing openssh package does not appear to install sshd Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:09:54 -0000 Message-ID: <00e201c88463$e431d940$2708a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: 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 Robert Amodeo wrote on 12 March 2008 16:43: > I installed CYGWIN from home site (onto a machine, Win XP), and added the > appropriate packages (openssh, tcp_wrappers, zlib). Cygwin appeared to > install fine, and I started up a Cygwin screen. > > I then ran > net start sshd, and found the following error: > > ----------------------- > $ net start sshd > The service name is invalid > I did not find 'sshd' in the list of services. Should it > have installed sshd? Am I doing something incorrectly? You're almost there, and you're doing fine so far: sshd is *installed* but it is not yet *configured*. Now you've installed it, you need to run the "ssh-host-config" script that was part of the package to set up the actual service. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- 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/