X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <20101031170244 DOT M19842 AT ds DOT net> Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 17:41:21 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: SSH - Can't Login From: Andy Koppe To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On 31 October 2010 17:39, Andy Koppe wrote: > On 31 October 2010 17:12, Brian Wilson wrote: >> In my case the context was that suddenly ssh stopped working and would o= nly >> give the usage message no matter what I tried. =C2=A0I ran the "cygcheck= -svr" and >> noted that I did not have the latest Cygwin (1.7.7) installed even though >> running setup said there was nothing needed. > > Which probably means that you'd tried to update the cygwin package > while a Cygwin process was running, told it to skip it when setup.exe > complained about it, and forgot to reboot to trigger the delayed > update. There have been reports of the delayed update not working > under some circumstances, but nothing definitive. Also, make sure you're using the latest setup.exe. A problem with the handling of in-use packages was fixed earlier this year. Andy -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple