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Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 09:30:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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cc: David Corbin <dcorbin AT machturtle DOT com>
Subject: Re: ssh password
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On Thu, 6 May 2004, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

> On Thu, 6 May 2004, David Corbin wrote:
>
> > I'm very confused.  When ssh to cygwin sshd, how does it try to match
> > the password?
>
> It doesn't.  It delegates to Windows.

Upon re-reading the above, I realized that you didn't clarify which
Windows version you were asking about.  IIRC, on Win9x the passwords can
be "crypt"ed into /etc/passwd directly.  On WinNT/2k/XP, the
authentication is delegated to the OS.
	Igor
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