Mail Archives: cygwin/2009/06/05/12:57:33
<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU>. Reformatted.
Huang Bambo wrote:
> 2009/6/5 Holikar, Sachin (ext) <sachin <dot> holikar <dot> ext <AT> siemens <dot> com>:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^->
<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>
Thanks.
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> We reinstalled WINXP and CYGWIN with another dumps. But still not able
>> to start the sshd service. Really frustrated as we followed exact steps given
>> in most of the internet help pages. So whats going wrong , is there any way
>> to find out what more is needed or so? Where can we have the sshd logs.
>> One file we found is /var/log/sshd.log ...But its empty.......
>> Please suggest.
> use command
> /usr/sbin/sshd
> to try start first
This seems to be a favorite thing to suggest/try lately. I suppose
because it's a common debugging option on most Unix/Linux distributions.
But on Cygwin, just suggesting the above and leaving the rest to the
otherwise uninitiated is like helping someone out of a hole by handing
them a shovel and telling them too dig. If you ever plan to run 'sshd'
as a service (as configuring using 'ssh-host-config' will do for you),
this will only work if you do the above as the user that will run the
service. On XP, that's SYSTEM. So you need to start a SYSTEM-owned
shell using AT before the above isn't just a recipe for more headaches.
See the email archives for details if you're not sure how to start a
SYSTEM-owned shell. Or just stop and ask yourself why you need to know
how to do this (beyond intellectual curiousity of course! ;-) ) And of
course if you're starting 'sshd' using any configuration other than
the 'ssh-host-config' script, then you should really know what you're
doing, as I outlined in my response from yesterday:
<http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-06/msg00175.html>
Since the OP is having difficulties with 'sshd' on Cygwin and is asking
for help here, I would surmise that he falls into the category of
the uninitiated in this instance. So, my recommendations are to:
1. Look at 'ssh-host-config' and note all the directories that it
does "chown" on.
2. Run 'ssh-host-config' to configure 'sshd'. Take the defaults unless
you have a very good reason not to.
3. Check after the script completes that the ownerships of the directories
found in (1) above are as 'ssh-host-config' set them. On XP systems,
the "$(run_service_as}" user is SYSTEM.
Following random guides found on the Internet to configure Cygwin's 'sshd'
is not supported by this list. Reading the openssh readme in
'/usr/share/doc/Cygwin' is only supported documentation. If you prefer to
use another source for your configuration information, please avail yourself
of any support/help from the site where you got this information.
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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