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From: Thorsten Kampe <thorsten AT thorstenkampe DOT de>
Subject:  Re: sshd install problems | WinXP Pro system
Date:  Sun, 11 Sep 2005 16:37:11 +0100
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* Evan Cooch (2005-09-10 22:08 +0100)
> After 2-3 hours googling for insights, and thoroughly reading what 
> was available, I've decided to stop beating my head against the wall, 
> and ask here.
> 
> Basically, trying to get sshd installed as a service under WinXP Pro 
> -SP2. Trying the install as a user who has full admin privelages on 
> the system.
> 
> 1. downloaded Cygwin - installed what I needed (cygrunsrv and 
> openssh) in addition to the usual defaults. No muss, no fuss.
> 
> 2. modifed the env variables by adding a variable named CYGWIN with 
> value  ntsec tty

Not necessary.
 
> 3. added c:\cygwin\bin to the PATH

Not necessary.
 
> 4. now is when the problems seem to start (I think)...when I run 
> host-ssh-config, I get only one question - the one about 'privelage 
> separation'. I answer 'yes' Thats it. No further questions - nothing 
> about 'local user', or 'install sshd as a service', or the 'CYGWIN=' question.
> 
> Hmmm...
> 
> 5. bring up a terminal window, and type
> 
> cygrunsrv --start sshd
> 
> Nada. After about 60 seconds of 'trying', it quits, and refuses to 
> start.   Reboot 10 or so times - find the sshd is sitting there as a 
> service, but not started . Manual starts all fail.
> 
> 6. Try chown and chmod for various files as mentioned on several 
> Google sites. Nada. Still can't get sshd to start.
> 
> So, given that there must be at least several hundred hits on 'sshd 
> won't start' on Google, seems as if this is a ubiquitous, and 
> pernicious problem. Surely there has to be a simple solution.
> 
> suggestions? Pointers to  solution? The machine is generic, vanilla, 
> clean XP SP2. I'd have thought that the sshd install should have been 
> about as straightforward as you could get, but no such luck.

Try again. Remove the service (cygrunsrv -R) and try without
separation. Look at the event log. Look at /var/log/ssh*


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