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Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 21:07:51 -0500
To: Beverly Klemme <bjklemme AT comcast DOT net>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From: Larry Hall <lh-no-personal-replies-please AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: password authenticiation problem
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At 10:49 AM 3/13/2005, you wrote:
>I have installed cygwin on my WindowsXP laptop. When I try to ssh to username AT 127 DOT 0 DOT 0 DOT 1 it won't accept my password. I have changed my password and used the passwd command a few times to try to fix the problem.


The last sentence in the User's Guide on 'passwd' may explain things here:

<http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#passwd>

Use Windows to change your password.


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