Re: cygwin sshd - permission denied

From: Aetsby (aetsby@hotpop.com)
Date: 02/28/03 

From: "Aetsby" <aetsby@hotpop.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 21:46:26 -0500

never mind .. something was wrong with the directory permissions in cygwin
.. everything works fine!

"Aetsby" <aetsby@hotpop.com> wrote in message
news:Ejg7a.10626$os6.750662@news20.bellglobal.com...
> i need help with my windowsxp-cygwin-sshd setup ..
>
> just to bring the problem into context, i'm running winXP, cygwin, sshd ..
> and it WAS working not too long ago .. but lately (i believe after i
changed
> XP user password .. i can no longer login .. permission denied).
>
> i've run "ssh-host-config", without privilege separation (don't want it ..
> worked before without it) ..
>
> i've even tried running "passwd" in cygwin to match the XP password, i've
> rebooted, i've tried "mkpasswd -l > /etc/passwd" .. no success - same
> problem.
>
> the sshd server is running just fine ..
>
> what else might be causing this problem ?? permissions, other settings ?
..
>
> thanks.
>
>

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