X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ren=E9_Berber?= Subject: Re: OpenSSH for Non Administrators Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 15:11:01 -0600 Lines: 41 Message-ID: References: <18050B668B2B784DB0A083D65ED5287F011E52B7 AT EX01 DOT asurite DOT ad DOT asu DOT edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) In-Reply-To: <18050B668B2B784DB0A083D65ED5287F011E52B7@EX01.asurite.ad.asu.edu> OpenPGP: url=ldap://keyserver.pgp.com X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: 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 Damian Sobieralski wrote: > My apologies if this has asked before. I researched as much as I could > on my own. I hope a kind soul can direct me to a useful resource. >=20 > I installed Cygwin on a Windows 2003 Server with OpenSSH 4.2p1-1. > After installing I ran ssh-host-config and chose privilege separation.=20 >=20 > "privilege separation" -> Yes > "create local user sshd_server" -> Yes > "install sshd as a service" -> Yes > CYGWIN=3D" -> ntsec >=20 > I synced the users and passwords with: >=20 > mkpasswd --local > /etc/passwd > mkgroup --local > /etc/group >=20 > Now the weird thing is that I am able to log in (ssh in). I'm part of > the administrator group. I set up another user as a "normal" user and > they are not able to authenticate and get in. If I promote this user to > be part of the administrator group he/she is able to get in. >=20 > I read this thread and noticed a poster stated if one read the readme > in /usr/share/doc/Cygwin that this should cover all I need to know. I > did read it and I am not seeing where I made the mistake. Can anyone > assist me on where I am making a mistake? Does the normal user have a HOME directory? usually /home contains the HOME directories of each user that has used the Cygwin console, when it doesn't = exist I think it's impossible to login using ssh. Another question: did you use ssh-user-config? --=20 Ren=E9 Berber -- 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/