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siegfried wrote:

> I can use ssh with the administrator account but I'm having trouble using
> ssh with my other user accounts. I'm reading
> /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/openssh.README and it says:
>=20
> "You can create the private and public keys for a user now by running
>=20
>   /usr/bin/ssh-user-config
>=20
> under the users account."
>=20
> I tried that and it says:
>=20
> bash-3.00$ /usr/bin/ssh-user-config
> There is no home directory set for you in /etc/passwd.
> Setting $HOME is not sufficient!
>=20
> Hmmm.... I'm confused. Can someone tell me how to use ssh with something
> other than the Administrator account?

A Windows user is not the "user account" the documentation refers to above.
After creating the Windows user you (an administrator) have to add the user=
 to
the /etc/passwd file, usually running "mkpasswd -l -u UserName >> /etc/pass=
wd",
but you may have to edit the file to modify group, shell or home directory.

The home directory is created the first time the user logs in.  I think the
ssh-user-config is meant to be used by the user itself, that will at least =
take
care of creating the home directory.
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Ren=E9 Berber


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