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Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 02:56:40 -0800
From: Brian Dessent <brian AT dessent DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Cygwin setup of sshd for non-administrators documentation?
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Theo Kanter wrote:

> Two often cited pages with guides for setting up sshd on Win32:
> 
>   http://pigtail.net/LRP/printsrv/cygwin-sshd.html
>   http://ncyoung.com/entry/389

These sites are wrong if they suggest that users must be
administrators.  In general we frown on sites like the above on this
list because they constantly give bad advice.  Don't follow any of that
rubbish, and if you do, go pester the authors of those sites for help --
don't ask here.

The only documentation that you need to setup sshd is "run
ssh-host-config".  If you need details then read
/usr/share/doc/Cygwin/*openssh*.  If you do this then there is no such
need for the user that is connecting to be an administrator.

Brian

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