X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <45FAC377.8020808@cygwin.com> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:19:03 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.9) Gecko/20061221 Fedora/1.5.0.9-1.fc4.remi Thunderbird/1.5.0.9 Mnenhy/0.7.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: can't run cygrunsrv -S sshd : win32 error 1058 References: <1174057385 DOT 4613 DOT 67 DOT camel AT yohann-desktop> In-Reply-To: <1174057385.4613.67.camel@yohann-desktop> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Yohann Rebattu wrote: > The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because > it has no enabled devices associated with it.The service cannot be > started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled > devices associated with it. > > to get here i fallowed the aboves steps: > > run ms-dos command line windows > type: change user /install > > install cygwin with all admin tools, openssh openssl tcp wrapper, vim, > rsync. > > then run ssh-host-config. > > here i notice the fisrt odd thing: the sshd user is created but > disabled. > the cygwin ssh service is created. > > then i run cygrunsrv -S sshd > and i got the error. > > i didn't dare just activate sshd user because: > 1) last time i did this it didn't correct the error > 2) i just reinstall cygwin, "from scratch" (i ran cygrunsrv -R sshd, > then i deleted the entire e:\cygwin directory, and i deleted the entries > HKEY-LOCAL-MACHINE/Software cygnus solution and > HKEY/local-user/software/cygnus solution before to reinstall cygwin) > > and so i still get the error. > please help me, i really don't know what to do more know, > is there a spécial way to activate the user sshd? > doe someone know why the sshd user have been created disabled? > > i'm a bit disapointed because since my first installation where i didn't > know what to do to set the ssh server up, i did install cygwin on 3 > other servers with no problem, and on this particular one it doesn't > seems to work, could it be because it is a W2k server and the others > were W2k3 windows server? Maybe. I suggest enabling the sshd user first. If that doesn't work, modify the ssh-host-config script to create a user to run 'sshd' as, which is what happens on W2K3. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/