X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_20,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <497DEC09.8070508@cygwin.com> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:59:53 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.19) Gecko/20090101 Remi/2.0.0.19-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.19 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Trouble installing ssh server on Vista Home 64 References: In-Reply-To: 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 Dan Kegel wrote: > Followup: I tried again, with > > cygrunsrv --stop sshd > cygrunsvr --remove sshd > ssh-host-config > and then saying yes to everything except "do you want to use a different name". > This time configuration succeeded, net start sshd succeeded, > and ssh localhost succeeded! > > I then added an exception for port 22 in Windows Firewall, > and ssh from the next machine also worked. > > Whew. That was a struggle! I wonder if ssh-host-config's -y > option should be changed to default "do you want to use a different name" > to "no". Yes, this is a known issue. Currently I think it's best to _not_ use the '-y' option for 'ssh-host-config'. -- 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/