X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Original-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 5CB073893668 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=mehconsulting.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=goc-cygwin AT m DOT gmane-mx DOT org X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Mark Hansen Subject: Re: Problems with ssh when I log into my PC using my corporate domain while working from home Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 06:43:13 -0700 Message-ID: <8ed7fa18-f3f5-696b-c875-7210ed96426f@mehconsulting.com> References: <871roeyuy0 DOT fsf AT Otto DOT invalid> <49c12452-3402-54ff-57ba-f61757d99ae0 AT mehconsulting DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.9.1 In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Errors-To: cygwin-bounces AT cygwin DOT com Sender: "Cygwin" On 4/23/2020 11:57 AM, Norton Allen wrote: > > I also have had to deal with this problem. You should certainly read > https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html. > > After much experimenting and consultation with Corinna, we decided the > best solution for me was: > > * Create /etc/passwd and /etc/group files > o For /etc/passwd, I included just my account, and I actually > editted it further to use my preferred username (rather than my > domain username) and my correct home directory > * Edit /etc/nsswitch.conf with: > o passwd: files > o group: files > > This is not the generally recommended configuration, but in the > situation where you cannot reach the domain server, it may be the best > alternative. You may or may not need to back these changes out when you > are back at work. I have not had a problem at work, but we are only > loosely connected to the domain, so YMMV. > This solved the issue for me. After doing what was suggested, above, I killed all the Cygwin processes (actually, I rebooted the machine) and now when I try to perform commands like ssh and git (which need to access files in my .ssh directory) they are able to find the files and therefore are working again. I realize that when I am able to once again work from my office, I may need to undo these changes, but I'm quite happy that at least for now, it's working again. Thanks to all who helped with this! -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple