Niclas Bäckman (ERA) wrote: > > Hi ! > I'm currently working with porting a sshd server to WinNT.
Why, port it? Doesn't openssh work for you? Install openssh and read `/usr/doc/Cygwin/openssh-3.0.2p1-5.README´ > > I have compiled it using Cygwin, but what about the user authentication? > Is it mapped to Windows authentication in Cygwin, when I try to log in with > my <domain>\<userid> the authentication fails on the server side. Any special reason you want password authentication when cygwin's openssh now supports RSA authentication? > Do I need to use the windows API for user authentication here ? > Have another question also, when requesting a shell, the sshd calls /bin/sh. > This is a cygwin feature, shouldn't I go for a NT shell instead(cmd.exe) ?? If you want a *nix like solution then /bin/sh (or whatever shell is specified is in /etc/passwd) is what you want, isn´t it? Take a look at the archives there was some problems calling non-cygwin programs. This may be fixed now. > > Thanks in advance for any hints/solutions in this matter ! Most of your "hints" are in the documentation or the archives. > Best Regards ! > / > > Niclas Bäckman > > Software Design | Security Solutions > > > > Ericsson Radio Systems AB > > Center for Radio Network Control > > Box 1248 > > 581 12 Linköping > > Phone: +46 13 28 76 04 > > Mobile:073 0435819 > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Med venlig hilsen / Kind regards Hack Kampbjørn -- 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/
