X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 11:40:13 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: sshd problem with recent snapshots Message-ID: <20101115164013.GB26984@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <4CD3F277 DOT 8020608 AT cornell DOT edu> <4CDEA7FB DOT 6090701 AT cornell DOT edu> <20101115160956 DOT GC17405 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <4CE15D71 DOT 1040002 AT cornell DOT edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4CE15D71.1040002@cornell.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) 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 Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 11:18:57AM -0500, Ken Brown wrote: >On 11/15/2010 11:09 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> On Nov 13 10:00, Ken Brown wrote: >>> On 11/5/2010 8:03 AM, Ken Brown wrote: >>>> If I start sshd on a machine running a recent snapshot, I'm unable to >>>> login to that machine via ssh. The connection is closed right after I >>>> type my password. The problem first appears in the snapshot of >>>> 20100917. To reproduce: >>>> >>>> 1. Start sshd. >>>> >>>> 2. While logged in as one user, try to login as another user. For example: >>>> >>>> $ ssh kbrown-admin AT localhost >>>> kbrown-admin AT localhost's password: >>>> Connection to localhost closed by remote host. >>>> Connection to localhost closed. >>>> >>>> The same thing happens if I try to ssh in from a different machine on >>>> the network. >>> >>> Further information: There are two entries in the Windows Event >>> Viewer (Application Log) after the failed login: >>> >>> sshd: PID 2264: Accepted password for kbrown-admin from ::1 port 1025 ssh2. >>> >>> sshd: PID 2264: fatal: chmod(/dev/tty1, 0622) failed: Permission denied. >> >> Hmm, that's weird. I'm using the latest Cygwin from CVS, and I cannot >> reproduce this. I tried to login from a remote machine with pubkey and >> password authentication using an admin account as well as a normal user >> account. Works fine for me in all these cases. >> >> I can't quite believe it, but maybe that's OS related. I'm running my >> tests on W7 in the first place. What OS are you using? > >XP SP3. FWIW, I couldn't duplicate this on XP SP3 but my ssh installation was a little nonstandard. I ended up breaking ssh entirely over the weekend so I'm looking for a random helpful blog to help me diagnose the problem. But, seriously, I'll check this as soon as I get things back to a running state. cgf -- 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