X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:content-type:mime-version:subject:from :in-reply-to:date:cc:content-transfer-encoding:message-id :references:to; q=dns; s=default; b=DFNjmd+DS3sfRPPTITH1KCGjFTAJ WVrjKnarcSQ8hhEuq+XFtsXruPudYeF6jHcN7A/njcxpmDjro2qm+1RGb0OKQB6r aUd4m8OHu2BuXGJpucJ+gSuhzi8QR2t1/ZpWazFJmBHQAvhxOz2c/c64MVxLtuTK UtrV3Jl6uft0GXo= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:content-type:mime-version:subject:from :in-reply-to:date:cc:content-transfer-encoding:message-id :references:to; s=default; bh=nUuxWSBGc1WSUaB4NBHueU3x7O8=; b=on ekxfSVrlYEunT1aj5ZtXx3GDfNWVeJ6EozImFY+gIVnZO5DpzFyfXkQ8w8LaZzIJ CpvvznCqANYvqjf+RNq3dYHYsp6A4n8aTWBS0zLptmg7R2kQfUgbOVOjkXSx14Cf JMGM52dh/o4AiGhcqcl0CbSCGyMcrZj0lsZqNelv4= 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: nschwmtas02p.mx.bigpond.com X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=F6HVh9dN c=1 sm=1 a=WCuVU9jzkKB/BW3wQvsG9Q==:17 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=1IlZJK9HAAAA:8 a=w_pzkKWiAAAA:8 a=LPtIqWvPtpt-zkly75MA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=buB1NfXUTBUA:10 a=IfQ-iFkkCvMA:10 a=WCuVU9jzkKB/BW3wQvsG9Q==:117 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Subject: Re: Non-privileged use can't logon From: Max Rockliff In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 07:36:25 +0800 Cc: "cygwin AT cygwin DOT com" Message-Id: <61A9EC39-76EF-459C-8302-BEBA8B69AFD2@bigpond.com> References: <003601d05be4$d2574470$7705cd50$@rockliff AT bigpond DOT com> <20150311111729 DOT GW5732 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <004e01d05bf1$2897d730$79c78590$@rockliff AT bigpond DOT com> <20150311120705 DOT GX5732 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <3290.69729564271$1426077647 AT news DOT gmane DOT org> To: Daniel X-IsSubscribed: yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id t2BNakRl030082 Hi Daniel Thanks for that info. Maybe you're right. I gave to admit it's very weird to start with but I'll give it a go and let you know the outcome. Regards Max > On 12 Mar 2015, at 2:44 am, Daniel wrote: > > Hi Max, > > Max Rockliff wrote: >> Hey Corinna, >> You're a magician. It seems to have fixed the problem, or at least provided an effective workaround. Here's a transcript (kinda) >> 1. Downloaded the new cygwin1-20150311.dll.xz (PS. Kudos for using a yyyymmdd format in the name - I always do, but so many don't >> 2. Copied the xz file to my privileged user account home folder and Unxz'ed it. >> 3. Used Windows to copy the file cygwin1-20150311.dll to the C:\cygwin\bin folder >> 4. Stopped the SSHD service >> 5. Renamed the old cygwin1.dll to cygwin1.dll.old >> 6. Renamed cygwin1-20150311.dll to cygwin1.dll >> 7. Started the SSHD service >> 8. Started the terminal >> 9. Executed ssh st AT localhost and it logged on successfully no errors. >> Max AT Max-PC /bin >> $ ssh st AT localhost >> st AT localhost's password: >> Last login: Wed Mar 11 20:32:00 2015 from ::1 >> st AT Max-PC ~ >> $ >> 10. And, as we like to say in Australia - Sweet! > > I noticed that you are initially logged on as a user, named "Max" on a host, named "Max-PC". > > I teach kids Linux using Cygwin and many of them, being gamers, name their computers after themselves, so they can be recognized on a network. > > Having seen this over and over on their laptops, I can now say with 100% certainty that this causes the "/" and "/etc" folders to be installed with group-writable permissions. > > Normally I wouldn't bother, but I make them compile Sendmail as part of a series of lessons. Sendmail doesn't like group-writable folders and refuses to send mail. > > This problem occurs on Win7, Win8, and Win8.1 with the following username/hostname combinations: "Jony AT Jony", "Kjell AT Kjell-PC". The way we solve this is: > > chgrp Users / /etc > chmod g-w / /etc > > Chmod alone doesn't work. We first have to change the group owner of the folders for chmod to be effective. > > Maybe this phenomenon is unrelated to your sshd problem, but when I saw your user/host combination I felt the need to share this with you and the group. > > Cheers, > Daniel > > > -- > 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 > -- 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