X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753) In-Reply-To: <20080402132726.GG4468@calimero.vinschen.de> References: <47C4A0DB.6020007@cygwin.com> <6ADC05D7-7602-4123-81EF-1DE06D26E91F@von-campe.com> <006301c890e8$4fa2f070$2708a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> <20080402132726.GG4468@calimero.vinschen.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <48B1F68C-02BA-4C66-A152-504906008D30@von-campe.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Alfred von Campe Subject: Re: How do I run sshd as a particular user? Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 13:55:43 -0400 To: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753) X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 On Apr 2, 2008, at 9:27, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > Did you try anything besides switching the user? For instance: > > - Did you check the event log? Yes, did not find anything useful. > - Did you check /var/run/sshd.log? If it's empty it's probably > because > the domain user has no write permission. No, I did not. > - Does the domain user have an entry in the local /etc/passwd? sshd > needs that when checking file ownership. And it allows to > specify the > user to cygrunsrv without the "domain\win_username" syntax. Well, there is an entry for a user of the same name. Is that enough or is there a way to specify the fact that it's a domain user? > - Did you chown /etc/ssh* and /var/empty to the domain user when > trying > to start the service under that account? That's a must have. No, I did not know about this either. I will try these suggestions as soon as I get a chance, but that might not be until I return to the office next week. A quick question, though. Instead of making all these changes, is there a better way to (re-)install Cygwin sshd so that it is properly set up for a domain user? Alfred -- 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/