There's still something funky going on. ssh won't recognize my ~/.ssh/config file.
With my existing passwd and group files, I get this error (notice that the warned permissions are different that what "ls" reports): -rw-------+ 1 Jim Reisert None 205 Apr 17 06:19 .ssh/config [JJR:~] $ ssh ad1c @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @ WARNING: UNPROTECTED PRIVATE KEY FILE! @ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Permissions 0644 for '/cygdrive/D/home/.ssh/id_rsa' are too open. It is recommended that your private key files are NOT accessible by others. This private key will be ignored. Load key "/cygdrive/D/home/.ssh/id_rsa": bad permissions If I move both passwd and group out-of-the-way, the config file is not recognized at all! -rw-------+ 1 Jim Reisert None 205 Apr 17 06:19 .ssh/config [JJR:~] $ ssh ad1c ssh: Could not resolve hostname ad1c: Name or service not known -- Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreis...@alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us -- 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