I'm having problems getting the ssh server up and running. I've installed it on 5 other computers without problems, but on this computer, it just doesn't work. Perhaps something I don't know about is running in the background stopping it, but I havn't been able to figure out what. I've searched through the user groups, but the posted solutions have not helped. I am running the latest Cygwin on windows XP.
I installed sshd with cygwin, then set it up using ssh-host-config answering yes to each question. Now when I try to start the servie, I get the following message: $ 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. I know this is a common problem, but I havn't been able to make any of the posted solutions work. I'm hoping with the following output I can get more targeted help. $ ls -l /var total 0 drwxr-xr-x+ 1 knuth root 0 Feb 22 15:19 cache drwxr-xr-x+ 1 SYSTEM root 0 Feb 22 15:23 empty drwxr-xr-x+ 1 USRNAME root 0 Feb 22 15:18 lib drwxrwxrwx+ 1 USRNAME root 0 Feb 22 16:30 log drwxrwxrwx+ 1 USRNAME root 0 Feb 22 15:18 run drwxrwxrwt+ 1 USRNAME root 0 Feb 22 15:18 tmp $ ls -l /etc/ssh* -rw-r--r-- 1 USRNAME None 1555 Feb 22 16:15 /etc/ssh_config -rw------- 1 SYSTEM None 668 Feb 22 15:23 /etc/ssh_host_dsa_key -rw-r--r-- 1 SYSTEM None 606 Feb 22 15:23 /etc/ssh_host_dsa_key.pub -rw------- 1 SYSTEM None 227 Feb 22 15:23 /etc/ssh_host_ecdsa_key -rw-r--r-- 1 SYSTEM None 178 Feb 22 15:23 /etc/ssh_host_ecdsa_key.pub -rw------- 1 SYSTEM None 981 Feb 22 15:23 /etc/ssh_host_key -rw-r--r-- 1 SYSTEM None 646 Feb 22 15:23 /etc/ssh_host_key.pub -rw------- 1 SYSTEM None 1679 Feb 22 15:23 /etc/ssh_host_rsa_key -rw-r--r-- 1 SYSTEM None 398 Feb 22 15:23 /etc/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub -rw-r--r-- 1 USRNAME None 3185 Feb 22 16:16 /etc/sshd_config $ cygcheck -f /usr/bin/cygz.dll /usr/bin/cygcrypt-0.dll ... .../usr/bin/cygcrypto-0.9.8.dll crypt-1.1-1 libopenssl098-0.9.8r-1 zlib0-1.2.5-1 $ cygrunsrv -V -Q sshd Service : sshd Display name : CYGWIN sshd Current State : Stopped Command : /usr/sbin/sshd -D stdin path : /dev/null stdout path : /var/log/sshd.log stderr path : /var/log/sshd.log Process Type : Own Process Startup : Automatic Dependencies : tcpip Account : LocalSystem $ /usr/sbin/sshd -D /var/empty must be owned by root and not group or world-writable. $ /usr/sbin/sshd -D -ddd debug2: load_server_config: filename /etc/sshd_config debug2: load_server_config: done config len = 202 debug2: parse_server_config: config /etc/sshd_config len 202 debug3: /etc/sshd_config:13 setting Port 22 debug3: /etc/sshd_config:41 setting StrictModes no debug3: /etc/sshd_config:97 setting UsePrivilegeSeparation yes debug3: /etc/sshd_config:112 setting Subsystem sftp /usr/sbin/sftp-server debug1: sshd version OpenSSH_5.8p1 debug3: Incorrect RSA1 identifier debug1: read PEM private key done: type RSA debug1: private host key: #0 type 1 RSA debug3: Incorrect RSA1 identifier debug1: read PEM private key done: type DSA debug1: private host key: #1 type 2 DSA debug3: Incorrect RSA1 identifier debug1: read PEM private key done: type ECDSA debug1: private host key: #2 type 3 ECDSA /var/empty must be owned by root and not group or world-writable. $ netstat -a | grep ssh (No output) $ netstat -an|grep :22 (No output) -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
