X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <469EDBE5.8090607@cygwin.com> Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:35:01 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Using sshd on Windows 98 References: <1c56360b0707181524g7201f423jc418b132907fdec3 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> In-Reply-To: <1c56360b0707181524g7201f423jc418b132907fdec3@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Alfred Egger wrote: > Hello, > > is it possible to use a Cygwin sshd on Windows 98 First Edition? The > machine is only used inside a abstracted network, but it is needed for > a special software, and we need SSH access to the machine. > > I already set up a Cygwin environment and configured it with these options: > > Set Cygwin variable: > > set CYGWIN=tty > set path=C:\cygwin\bin > > ssh-host-config -y > > mkpasswd -l -g > /etc/passwd > > Contents of file: > > admin:use_crypt:500:544:Administrator:/home/admin:/bin/bash > Administrator:use_crypt:895:544:Administrator:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash > > mkgroup -l > /etc/group > > Contents of file: > > all::544: > > cd / > chmod -R og-w . > chmod og+w /tmp > touch /var/log/sshd.log > chown system:system /var/log/sshd.log /var/empty /etc/ssh_h* > chmod 755 /var/empty > > Afterwards I started sshd.exe manually inside the /usr/sbin/ directory. > > Now I can connect to the machine through a SSH-client, key exchange > works well, and I get a login prompt, but I cannot login using my > username "Administrator" and the password I set using the "rights > management" in Windows 98. Login is not even possible from localhost. > > Relieing to the unuseable rights management in Windows 98, is it even > possible to use Windows 98 as a SSH server? Did you look at the email archives? -- 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/