X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 10:45:00 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: How do I run sshd as a particular user? Message-ID: <20080403084500.GK4468@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <47C4A0DB.6020007@cygwin.com> <6ADC05D7-7602-4123-81EF-1DE06D26E91F@von-campe.com> <006301c890e8$4fa2f070$2708a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> <20080402132726.GG4468@calimero.vinschen.de> <48B1F68C-02BA-4C66-A152-504906008D30@von-campe.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48B1F68C-02BA-4C66-A152-504906008D30@von-campe.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) 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 13:55, Alfred von Campe wrote: > On Apr 2, 2008, at 9:27, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> - 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? The SID in the pw_gecos field must match. When in doubt, try mkpasswd -d -u username. >> - 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? No, that's not supported by the install scripts. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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/