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:to:subject:from:date:message-id; q=dns; s= default; b=j0cOxXhA5QzKWbn7AxBFthWumfx7pfCFWlg3iXcAz6BXTPww28Fpf 6D50/OCdWDAip6v87fqRt7fLnt51jNsLjthDAJDHsX6b+OuiEBc1qWEn/UUdhB1w OxJChq9IwEYIm/K4acBysc7KfT+zxDecheY5rCfuNaGVbuc9dS7wok= 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:to:subject:from:date:message-id; s=default; bh=Cu4rRIne0tVsJDR93+gpqmwClJo=; b=hKdUuhX/w4MvZNNaGrgRk7stYgWo DK/y5jNrp5JfAGeh5LSUD/Z4v7v7a6fJmzGcB+xTiiWYwH2oovQgvz53gX8EYHmG VRjXO/5yJ0nEkDuTHiCEgFsEwgROelIaLdLEoAAtvV7F6teNnAG27j65yYOEuJDt 15dSHDnLmSgVtmQ= 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=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=sshd, priviledge, Administrator, administrator X-HELO: freon.franz.com To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: SSH access to desktop From: Kevin Layer Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2016 15:12:51 -0700 Message-ID: <1573.1460067171@freon.franz.com> X-IsSubscribed: yes Here's what worked for me: Ran ssh-host-config as administrator and took defaults, except priviledge separation => no install as a service => no Then, I chown'd /var/empty to Administrator and was able to run "sshd -p 8100" and ssh into the box. More importantly, other users were able to start their own sshds, on different ports, and also ssh into the box. -- 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