X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 12:33:32 -0600 From: Tom Schutter To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: ssh-host-config is confused between sshd user and cyg_server user Message-ID: <20090708183332.GG2710@proxix.com> References: <20090707225111.GM2710@proxix.com> <4A53E84D.7090806@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A53E84D.7090806@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) 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 Tue 2009-07-07 19:29, Dave Korn wrote: > Tom Schutter wrote: > > ssh-host-config is confused between 'sshd' user and 'cyg_server' user. > > You are confused between 'sshd' user and 'cyg_server' user; ssh-host-config > knows what it's doing. > > > Immediately after asking about priviledge separation, you are asked if a > > 'sshd' account should be created: > > Yes. > > > Later it wants to create a 'cyg_server' account: > > Yes. > > > And? > > cheers, > DaveK After re-reading the output from ssh-host-config it appears that it is creating two separate accounts, a non-privileged account (default of sshd) and a separate privileged account (default of cyg_server). Based upon my knowledge of sshd I just didn't expect that, so I was assuming that only one account needed to be created. I get it now. -- Tom Schutter First American - Proxix Solutions 303-440-7272 x6822 512-977-6822 -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple