On Jul 1 20:34, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Mon, Jul 01, 2013 at 04:08:11PM -0700, Dan Kegel wrote: > >On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 2:34 PM, markov wrote: > >> I am trying to connect a client program running on unix to a server > >> program running on cygwin without success. I also tried to connect from > >> unix to cygwin with ssh, ftp, ... but without success as well. When I > >> looked on net, it says that I first have to allow hostname or ip-address > >> in xorg-conf (equivalent file) of the remote host to be connected. is > >> there any idea about this issue? Thanks in advance for your help > > > >For ssh, have you seen e.g. > >http://www.noah.org/ssh/cygwin-sshd.html > >? I haven't done that in a long time, but have > >used cygrunsrv to run a buildbot server in cygwin for some time. > > If you've followed this mailing list for any length of time you'd notice > that we don't really endorse the instructions from random other web > sites. They are often out-of-date and contain needless instructions. > This web site is no exception. The CYGWIN= suggestion is wrong. > > Just use the instructions from /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/openssh.README > > Btw, Corinna, this file suggests setting ntsec. That likely should > just be deleted.
Wow, thank for the reminder. I didn't change that file for ages. I ripped off any unneeded stuff now and only describe how to set up the host and user config, as well as how to build with cygport. I sent a patch upstream, so this will be available in the next OpenSSH version. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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
