Message-ID: <4DCAA119.9040909@cygwin.com>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 10:45:45 -0400
From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110414 Lightning/1.0b2 Mnenhy/0.8.3 Thunderbird/3.1.10 ThunderBrowse/3.3.5
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: ssh - Could not create directory 'c/.ssh'.
References: <4DCA6895 DOT 6010702 AT ls83 DOT eclipse DOT co DOT uk>
In-Reply-To: <4DCA6895.6010702@ls83.eclipse.co.uk>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com

On 5/11/2011 6:44 AM, Tim Allen wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have happily used Cygwin ssh from "DOS" command prompt for many years but
> on upgrading to V1.7 get this error message. Further info:
>
> OS: Vista
>
> /etc/passwd line:
> tda:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1000:513:U-laptop1\tda,S-1-5-21-2414507100-3802266639-3593817948-1000:/home/tda:/bin/bash
>
>
> The interesting thing is that if I open up a second command prompt and run an
> arbitrary cygwin command (like "less filename"). ssh successfully finds
> /home/tda/.ssh (but only for so long as that second command is running).
>
> I suspect this is something to do with the changes to mounts, but so far I've
> been unable to find a fix.

I think we need more information about what you're actually doing and what
your configuration is.  Please review the problem reporting guidelines found
here:

> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html


-- 
Larry

_____________________________________________________________________

A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

--
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