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Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 13:55:41 +0100
From: Corinna Vinschen <vinschen AT redhat DOT com>
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To: cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: SSHD homedir problems / Win2k
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Melvyn Sopacua wrote:
> When I try to ssh, from the gateway machine, to my win2k workstation
> using open-sshd, shipped with Cygwin 1.5, my HDD does some seeking and
> then the ssh reports:
> Cannot change to home-directory: not found.
> 
> I've tried both an "all users" or "myself only" installation, recompiled
> sshd etc.
> Also - it seems, that there's a symlink in / going to my ~/.ssh/ dir,
> which reports "not found" when using ls -la /
> 
> At home, an installation with the same version, running on WinNT 4SP6,
> does NOT have this problem.
> 
> I'd appreciate pointers on how to fix this.

Did you check /etc/passwd? Your user entry _must_ have an home directory.

Corinna

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