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From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [openssh] unnatended instalation + forcing service account
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On Apr 15 11:30, Julio Costa wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 09:31, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > On Apr 14 18:55, Julio Costa wrote:
> >> Now that Chuck has released a new csih, maybe also the possibility to
> >> use an alternative account could be added to this patch...
> >> [...]
> > But that already worked all the time without having another parameter.
> > If an account called cyg_server (cron_server, sshd_server) is already in
> > /etc/passwd then it will be used.  Just make sure that cyg_server is a
> > domain account.  I'm using this method locally as well.
> 
> Sure, you're right. But this is an 'indirect' method to *make it
> work*, just like a workaround.
> I thought we could have the 'direct' method of nominate which account
> should be used to the service.

Ok.

> [...]
> Came to think of it, there is also another possibility (and a simpler
> one), and that is to code the --yes option on the ssh-host-config to
> use the (new) -f option to the csih, avoiding coding the extra
> parameter (--force) just for this behavior. After all, this behavior
> should be required for --yes and possibly is not very useful if
> ssh-host-config is not invoked with --yes.
> What do you think?

Fine with me, if you're willing to provide the patches.


Corinna

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