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Subject: Re: sshd [5.1p1] fails on seteuid "permission denied"
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On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 09:07:04PM -0700, Brian Dessent wrote:
> > I can invoke /usr/sbin/sshd but not log in via same.  I have tried it
> 
> Stop right there.  Running sshd directly from your user account --
> even if you are an Administrator -- is incorrect and wrong.  It
> won't work, and worse, it will cause the permissions of the dirs and
> files that sshd creates to be incorrect when you try to run it
> properly as a service.
> 
> [snip]

Problem solved with a hard reset and invocation of cygrunsrv, thank
you very much.

jd

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