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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 14:33:42 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: sshd and /usr/bin/zsh
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On Jun 20 14:01, Martin Vetter wrote:
> >I just upgraded cygwin and now
> >I cannot login to the machine via ssh unless
> >I change /etc/passwd to use /bin/bash for my shell.
> 
> same here after a cygwin update (windows 2000, cygwin 1.5.17):
> 
> -  zsh as login shell for non-administrator = login via sshd hangs (!)
> - bash as login shell for non-administrator = login via sshd works fine
> -  zsh as login shell for the administrator = login via sshd works fine
> 
> workaround:
> use cygwin1.dll release 1.5.14,

There's a far better way:  Go a step forward instead of three steps
back.  Try the latest snapshot from http://cygwin.com/snapshots/.

I just tried to use zsh as login shell from an ssh session and guess
what?  It works.

> hope this helps.[...]

Nearly as much as telling us that it works on Linux.


Corinna

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