X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,J_CHICKENPOX_66,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4970A676.2060900@cygwin.com> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:23:34 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.19) Gecko/20090101 Remi/2.0.0.19-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.19 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: SSH Setup Issue References: <21491713 DOT post AT talk DOT nabble DOT com> In-Reply-To: <21491713.post@talk.nabble.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Syphon wrote: > I cant seem to get sshd service to start on my Windows Vista box. > I tried a few different things, I turned off UAC, I ran bash as Admin. > Also, 'chown system:system /var/empty /etc/ssh_*' , 'chmod 755 /etc'. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Why did you do that? 'ssh-host-config' will handle all this for you and do it correctly. What you have above won't work for Vista. > Still when I run 'ssh-host-config', I seem to be missing a few prompts > > $ ssh-host-config > Overwrite existing /etc/ssh_config file? (yes/no) yes > Generating /etc/ssh_config file > Overwrite existing /etc/sshd_config file? (yes/no) yes > Privilege separation is set to yes by default since OpenSSH 3.3. > However, this requires a non-privileged account called 'sshd'. > For more info on privilege separation read /usr/share/doc/openssh/README. > . > Should privilege separation be used? (yes/no) yes > Generating /etc/sshd_config file > > Host configuration finished. Have fun! > > And 'net start sshd' > > $ net start sshd > The CYGWIN sshd service is starting. > The CYGWIN sshd service could not be started. > > The service did not report an error. > > More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 3534. > > Any suggestions ? I attached my cygcheck output. Other than the above, which I think is at least a large part of your problem, you can take a look at '/var/log/sshd.log'. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/