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From: David Corbin <dcorbin AT machturtle DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: ssh password
Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 22:03:21 -0400
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On Thursday 06 May 2004 20:49, David Corbin wrote:
> On Thursday 06 May 2004 09:30, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > 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
>
> Well, I'm dealing with a WIN2K Pro box that is part of a Domain.  However,
> my password will not work.
>

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