On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 03:46:31PM -0800, Ryan T. Sammartino wrote: > > > Yes, I have read everything in /usr/doc/Cygwin, and searched this > mailing list, and read all of Corinna's well-written posts, and yet > login and ssh refuse to log me in. > > My /etc/passwd looks very similar to the examples in > /usr/doc/Cygwin/login.README and /usr/doc/Cygwin/openssh-3.0.1p1-2.README. > My CYGWIN is set to 'ntsec'. I'm using all the latest packages as of > the writing of this e-mail. I've been at this for about a day now. > > Here are all the details. > > > As you can see, sshd is running, and it does accept connections: > > PID PPID PGID WINPID TTY UID STIME COMMAND > 1392 1 1392 1392 ? 18 15:07:57 /usr/sbin/sshd > > > Here is my entry in /etc/passwds, somewhat censored: > > ryans:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:18:10513:Ryan T. > Sammartino,U-*******\ryans,S-1-5-21-*******:/home/ryans:/bin/bash > > > Now, my UID is 18 so that I could get cron working
UID 18 is reserved for SYSTEM. You can't get user authentication working for your account just by giving yourself uid 18. Run sshd as service under LocalSystem account. Revert your /etc/passwd to use UID 18 for SYSTEM. cron needs the same setting, btw. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
