On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 10:07 PM, Mike Richardson <javaguy...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was about to post this as a question on here, but I was able to > solve my problem. I post it here in case anyone else comes along and > has the same problem. > > I'm running Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise. I installed the latest > Cygwin/openssh package from scratch and everything runs fine for a few > days. > Then all of a sudden, I can't make any more connections to the ssh > server. My first step is to restart the service in Windows, but I > receieve the following error: > "The CYGWIN sshd service on Local computer started and then stopped. > Some services stop automatically if they are not in use by other > services or programs." > > I then examined the file /var/log/sshd.log and saw the following error > message: > "Privilege separation user sshd does not exist" > > I then examine the sshd account on Windows (which does exist). The > "Account is diabled" box was checked. I uncheck it, as well as check > the "Password never expires" checkbox which was before unchecked. > After I click ok, I get the following error message: > "The following error occured while attempting to save properties for > user sshd: The password does not meet the password policy > requirements. Check the minimum password length, password complexity, > and password history requirements". > > Next, I assign the windows account sshd a sufficiently complex > password using the windows gui. > Then I still get the same error "Privilege separation user sshd does not > exist" > > So I run the following commands: > > mkpasswd -l > /etc/passwd > mkgroup -l > /etc/group > > I then restart the windows service, and now everything works fine. > What I assume what happened is that the sshd account in windows > somehow became disabled. >
The ssd user is supposed to be disabled otherwise people can login as that user. Robert Pendell A perfect world is one of chaos. -- 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
