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From: Paul August <paulaugust2003 AT yahoo DOT com>
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I believe this is for the trouble I previously reported.

David, thanks for the further information. I will try to follow your steps exactly
(except for a fresh installation of Windows part) and see what happens.

Paul.



 
> -----Inline Message Follows-----
> 
> What's your trouble?
> 
> 2009/6/12 David Christensen :
> > cygwin:
> >
> > I installed a fresh copy of Cygwin and a fresh copy of the Cygwin
> > OpenSSH service on a fresh installation of Windows Vista Ultimate SP1
> > 32-bit yesterday:
> >
> > 1.  Download Cygwin Setup to C:\cygwin\setup\setup.exe.
> >
> > 2.  Run Cygwin Setup:
> >
> >    a.  Install from Internet (default).
> >
> >    b.  C:\cygwin root directory (default).
> >
> >    c.  Install for all users (default).
> >
> >    d.  Unix/ binary default text file type (default).
> >
> >    e.  C:\cygwin\setup local package directory (default).
> >
> >    f.  Direct connection to Internet (default).
> >
> >    g.  ftp://mirrors.kernel.org download site.
> >
> >    h.  Select source packages to match base/ default packages.
> >
> >    i.  Create Desktop and Start menu shortcuts.
> >
> > 3.  Start Cygwin Bash Shell, then exit it.
> >
> > 4.  Run Cygwin Setup again:
> >
> >    a-g.  Same as above.
> >
> >    h.  Select 'openssh' package.  Setup will select dependencies.
> > Select source packages for all of these.
> >
> >    i.  No need to recreate shortcuts.
> >
> > 5.  Start Cygwin Bash Shell and wrestle with ssh-host-config, 'net start
> > sshd', and /var/log/sshd.log, rebooting several times along the way for
> > the sake of paranoia.  In the end, I need to make four system changes to
> > get sshd working:
> >
> >    a.  'chmod 0777 /etc/passwd' -- overkill, so that ssh-host-config
> > could create the cyg_server account.  (I changed permissions to 0644
> > afterwards.)
> >
> >    b.  'chmod 0777 /etc/group' -- more overkill for ssh-host-config.
> > (I changed permissions to 0644 afterwards.)
> >
> >    c.  'chmod 0777 /var' -- more overkill for ssh-host-config.  (I left
> > it that way.)
> >
> >    d.  'chown cyg_server /var/empty' -- necessary to start the sshd
> > service.
> >
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > David
> >



      

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