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Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 10:06:03 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: SSHD authentication
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In-Reply-To: <000501c0c1e1$c1351de0$026fa8c0@speakeasy.net>; from ravila@speakeasy.org on Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 10:14:50AM -0700

On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 10:14:50AM -0700, Ravila Helen White wrote:
> As I'm running SSHD on a non-domain controller I'd like to use the local
> 
> accounts for user authentication. I thought this was controlled via the
> /etc/passwd
> 
> file. However when I launch cygwin and then login and attempt to login with
> the
> 
> username and password I've set login fails.

Did you check /etc/passwd? Does the entry has a home dir? The correct one?

> I have also poured over the documentation and do not understand where I
> should
> 
> set the netsec variable. Please tell me what file this variable needs to
> 
> configured for.

It's "ntsec", not "netsec". As for setting the CYGWIN settings:
http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-env.html
http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html

Corinna

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