Changing the sshd service to run as localsystem rather than cyg_server allows me to again ssh into the machine.
Thanks for everyone on this mailing list - I spent hours trying to figure this out - and because the list doesn't seem to get indexed by google, the web searches I was doing were of no help. Looking forward to a newer version of openssh... On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 1:20 PM Cary Lewis <cary.le...@gmail.com> wrote: > I’m seeing a similar issue. Will try using localsystem. > > > On Feb 21, 2019, at 6:43 AM, Houder <hou...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > > > >> On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 11:09:11, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >> > >> I managed it today already but I'm somewhat stumped. > >> > >> I ran ssh-host-config and let the script install a new local account > >> "test_server" to use for the sshd service. I started the service and > >> tried to login with a local account and it just worked out of the box. > > > > This is my case: using local accounts only. > > > > Reminder: sshd did work w/ 2.11.2 ... > > (and it works now in 3.0.1 after replacing cyg_server w/ SYSTEM (*) ) > > > > Way back I started using cyg_server because "csih" forced me to create > > this privileged account (W7!). > > > > I studied "csih" (cygwin-service-installation-helper.sh) again ... > > > > 64-@@# editrights -u cyg_server -l > > SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege > > SeCreateTokenPrivilege > > SeServiceLogonRight > > SeDenyInteractiveLogonRight > > SeDenyRemoteInteractiveLogonRight > > > > Compared to "csih", the SeTcbPrivilege privilege was missing. I am not > > in the habit of messing with privileges ... > > > > Consequently, like you, I am stumped too :-) > > > > (*) after "moving" the sshd service from cyg_server to SYSTEM, I also > > changed the ownership of /var/empty and /etc/ssh* (to SYSTEM) ... > > > > Next, I disabled the cyg_server and sshd accounts. ssh still works. > > > > 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 > > > -- 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
