X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,BOTNET,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-id: <4EF29826.4010301@cygwin.com> Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:38:30 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111105 Thunderbird/8.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: sftp-server -h succeeds on cmd, fails on mintty References: <4EF28545 DOT 4090901 AT shaddybaddah DOT name> <4EF28709 DOT 8000208 AT cygwin DOT com> <4EF29183 DOT 8060408 AT shaddybaddah DOT name> In-reply-to: <4EF29183.8060408@shaddybaddah.name> 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 List-Id: 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 12/21/2011 9:10 PM, Shaddy Baddah wrote: > Hi Larry, > > On 22/12/11 12:25, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >> On 12/21/2011 8:17 PM, Shaddy Baddah wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm experiencing a wider problem with sftp'ing to/from a Cygwin sshd >>> service. However as a starting point into debugging, I've identified a >>> simple failure in the sftp-server that may give an indication into the >>> wider problem. >>> >>> When I ran just a simple usage argument to sftp-server in a mintty >>> session, the command failed: >>> >>> sbaddah@*********** ~ >>> $ /usr/sbin/sftp-server -h; x=$?; echo $x >>> 127 >> >> This works fine for me from mintty. Just a shot in the dark but can >> you try it with a local user? How about a local user that's part of >> the local Administrators group? > > Yes, this has made a difference. Thank you. I ran against a local > user, although they were not a local administrator. It ran fine: > > portapps@*********** ~ > $ /usr/sbin/sftp-server -h > usage: sftp-server [-ehR] [-f log_facility] [-l log_level] [-u umask] > > I guess that points towards a pseudo terminal handling glitch for a > domain user, right? Not definitely, no. I just tried with my work account (which is a domain account) and found no problem. Although I can't compare directly with the your IDs, I have root(0) and Administrators(544) on mine. Maybe try adding these if you don't have them already. -- 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