Hi Corinna, Suggestion ...
Replace in csih_use_file_etc() -- see file /usr/share/csih/cygwin-service-installation-helper.sh grep -Eq "^${file}:.*\<db\>" /etc/nsswitch.conf || use_file=0 by grep -Eq "^${file}:[^#]*\<db\>" /etc/nsswitch.conf || use_file=0 Otherwise 'comment' like below will NOT be ignored in file /etc/nsswitch.conf: passwd: files # db csih_use_file_etc() is invoked by csih_create_privileged_user(), which is invoked by install_service() (in file /usr/bin/ssh-host-config). Henri -- 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