X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4705AA7D.4060804@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2007 23:07:41 -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: "Unknown" user after logging into sshd under Vista References: <200710050955 DOT 20717 DOT daniel AT nuix DOT com> In-Reply-To: <200710050955.20717.daniel@nuix.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 Daniel Noll wrote: > Hi all. > > The archives do have a number of Vista-related SSH problems which have solved > the issue of getting it installed, but I haven't been able to solve the issue > I found next. > > Here's the options I used to configure the service... > >> [508] daniel AT Monolith:~> ssh-host-config >> Overwrite existing /etc/ssh_config file? (yes/no) yes >> Generating /etc/ssh_config file >> Overwrite existing /etc/sshd_config file? (yes/no) yes > >> Should privilege separation be used? (yes/no) yes >> Generating /etc/sshd_config file > >> Do you want to install sshd as service? >> (Say "no" if it's already installed as service) (yes/no) yes > >> Should this script create a new local account 'sshd_server' which has >> the required privileges? (yes/no) yes > >> Which value should the environment variable CYGWIN have when >> sshd starts? It's recommended to set at least "ntsec" to be >> able to change user context without password. >> Default is "ntsec". CYGWIN= > > > However on logging in... >> [503] daniel AT Monolith:~> ssh localhost >> Last login: Fri Oct 5 09:20:07 2007 from 127.0.0.1 >> Fanfare!!! >> You are successfully logged in to this server!!! >> Could not chdir to home directory /home/daniel: Permission denied >> -bash: cd: /home/daniel: Permission denied > > Permissions on my home directory are correct as I can get into it via > Explorer. The problem is elsewhere -- if I look in the process list, the > bash.exe process is running as user "(unknown)", not as my user account. > > I'm not sure what to do from here. What part of Cygwin is responsible for > changing the user ID when a user logs in via SSH, and what is usually > responsible for it misbehaving? OK, we now know the symptoms and the problem. But we don't have any basic configuration information to do some simple triage with. In short: > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Please read and follow the above guidelines, paying particular attention to the part about *attaching* cygcheck output. In the absence of the above, my WAG is that the user you are logging in as (domain user perhaps?) is not in your '/etc/passwd' file. See 'man passwd' and the Cygwin Users Guide for more details. Ditto for '/etc/group'. -- 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/