X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 20:40:50 +0100 (MET) From: "Fabian Pauly" To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <43E183D8 DOT 4030107 AT cygwin DOT com> Subject: Re: Problems with sshd under Windows XP X-Authenticated: #2029278 Message-ID: <19475.1139082050@www082.gmx.net> X-Flags: 0001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com My problems are solved now. So here a short report what my problem was: I encountered two kind of problems: 1) First somewhere in the cygwin-Archive it was mentioned, that one can change the user name simply by editing /etc/passwd. As my windows name was "first name"\ "lastname" I changed it to my usual login name, let's say "pauly". However Windows than does not know about a password for pauly when a login to the Windows computer is taking place because user pauly does not exist. A real change of a user name in WindowsXP Home does not seem easy as a change of the user name does not change the user's directory name (in Windows XP Home). So I accepted "first name"\ "lastname" as my login name. After a new installation of cygwin I could than install sshd even with "privilege separation yes". (/etc/passwd should have the same entries as mkpasswd -l). 2) The second problem was purely ssh-related. I have linux and Windows on my machine. For linux I have a sshd running for a long time. And the host keys newly generated during the installation of sshd under Windows was of course different to the linux host keys. So the client recognized that the host keys were different and stopped the login progess. This problem can simply be solved by copying the linux hostkeys to windows. Cygwin is really fantastic! The xserver and the running sshd I find really impressive! Great job! Fabian. P.S.: Of course I also read the cygwin-doc. However I find the links actually contain better understandable instructions than the '/usr/share/doc/Cygwin/openssh.README' file, which adresses newly included features and seems somewhat inconsistent -- at least without clear, simple instructions. Anyway it works now. > --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht --- > Von: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" > An: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > Betreff: Re: Problems with sshd under Windows XP > Datum: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 23:00:24 -0500 > > Fabian Pauly wrote: > > I tried to use sshd under Windows XP. Proceeding in the way described in > > http://pigtail.net/LRP/printsrv/cygwin-sshd.html > > or > > http://www.wintotal.de/Artikel/ftpserver/ftpserver2.php. > > > > If you use configuration instructions which come from sites other than > Cygwin's, you should address your questions to those sites. If you > install > Cygwin's ssh using the instructions in > '/usr/share/doc/Cygwin/openssh.README' > and have problems, this would be the proper list to consult. Also, please > read and follow the problem reporting guidelines at > whenever you have an inquiry concerning > your installation. > > -- > Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com > RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office > 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX > Holliston, MA 01746 > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > -- 10 GB Mailbox, 100 FreeSMS/Monat http://www.gmx.net/de/go/topmail +++ GMX - die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More +++ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/