X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=X5PFnilR9y2z+UeLrK81h/XEFBPZ5Ri5dvOHc3iiHJ4 nPv/izAmNnWqtI6AfMC/WGFm5H8zOgeihrdnwzot6GDFzpP1tERh9VjZnoeU3r6H d9sNvjO827kI0wyi52GaBE+BEF8RrgDv4NoRL7REucj2akVr7SHnsAMQEBJfIMcs = DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=OV+7WCrKAtaE3C0itYBEbvW1Pco=; b=wq4L+K3BtuyKkTOqk 7JsZHSjSU3L+CxlSFSUx5Y1CYaTjHHkD7YHxaTFPQSbXHrdsF8B/+EmIz0HPz1Vj yhZ3srdurhA2Pu8+MM/N6yyXa/fSDwTTXMOoAMrj5Z3QS3JH/xDjrKEKXE45sMm0 pofbI4nhTKxKPzzEzWTcN14WyQ= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: Yes, score=6.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SCAM_SUBJECT autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: bronze.cs.yorku.ca Message-ID: <530B6ED1.2060003@cse.yorku.ca> Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 11:09:53 -0500 From: Paul Griffith User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Silently configure sshd fails via system account References: <5307BB89.80405@cse.yorku.ca> <5307BDDA.4040309@cygwin.com> In-Reply-To: <5307BDDA.4040309@cygwin.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -1.0 X-Spam-Report: Content preview: On 02/21/2014 03:58 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > On 2/21/2014 3:48 PM, Paul Griffith wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am using a software package called WPKG (wpkg.org) to silently deploy >> Cygwin and then configure SSHD. The Cygwin installation works like a >> charm. Configuring sshd is another story. If I run my script from a admin >> command prompt, I am to setup sshd. If I run that same script from WPKG, >> it fails. The only difference is that the WPKG agent runs as the SYSTEM >> user. I assume SCCM (Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager) users >> would have the same issue since their agent also run as SYSTEM. >> >> Any ideas other than pulling apart /usr/bin/ssh-host-config and trying >> to do this manually myself ?? > > Configuring sshd can be tricky. There are plenty of failure paths so it's > best not to step off known paths to success unless you're willing to blaze > a new successful trail. With that in mind, why not run WPKG under an > account that is known to successfully install Cygwin in the normal way? > This may be close enough to a known successful path to just work. > [...] Content analysis details: (-1.0 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -0.0 SHORTCIRCUIT Not all rules were run, due to a shortcircuited rule -1.0 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP X-IsSubscribed: yes On 02/21/2014 03:58 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > On 2/21/2014 3:48 PM, Paul Griffith wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am using a software package called WPKG (wpkg.org) to silently deploy >> Cygwin and then configure SSHD. The Cygwin installation works like a >> charm. Configuring sshd is another story. If I run my script from a admin >> command prompt, I am to setup sshd. If I run that same script from WPKG, >> it fails. The only difference is that the WPKG agent runs as the SYSTEM >> user. I assume SCCM (Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager) users >> would have the same issue since their agent also run as SYSTEM. >> >> Any ideas other than pulling apart /usr/bin/ssh-host-config and trying >> to do this manually myself ?? > > Configuring sshd can be tricky. There are plenty of failure paths so it's > best not to step off known paths to success unless you're willing to blaze > a new successful trail. With that in mind, why not run WPKG under an > account that is known to successfully install Cygwin in the normal way? > This may be close enough to a known successful path to just work. > Thanks Larry, I have a few options to try. I post them to help others, if I achieve some measure of success. Best Regards, Paul -- 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