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dsacks <dennis <at> calico-consulting.com> writes:

> 

> 
> wait, if I try to vi /etc/sshd_config now I cannot write it, because it is
> owned by SYSTEM and has restrictive rights.
> 
> How do I edit system files now? I don't really grok the permission world in
> cygwin and how unixy permissions and users map to windows. 

Did you try chown your_user_id /etc/sshd_config ? to change the ownership to you
so you can edit it?







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