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Ugh, top-posting...  Reformatted.

On Sat, 2 Dec 2006, dsacks wrote:

> Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> >
> > dsacks wrote:
> >> fyi, this is all about trying to get sshd to accept incoming
> >> connections. I want to use winscp into my xp box to move files.
> >>
> >> I am very confused about what password sshd would use - does it use
> >> windows authentication or does it expect to find passwords in
> >> /etc/passwd? Can I choose?
> >
> > Password authentication is done through Windows.  Passwords on all
> > NT-based platforms come from Windows.
>
> Okay, hmmmm. So what is the secret to geting sshd working? It is
> running, but when I try to ssh in, it doesn't accept my domain password.
> Does it work with domain users or is there something special I need to
> do for that to happen?

I think Larry's answer was a bit too literal.  Yes, passwords come from
Windows, but for Cygwin to be able to get Windows to authenticate a given
user, that user (or, rather, that user's SID) has to be in /etc/passwd.
Now, domain users aren't added to /etc/passwd by default.  Read the
documentation on mkpasswd to find out how to add your domain users to
/etc/passwd.
	Igor
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