The sshd service is set to run as the local sshd_server username. The sshd service is not run as the local system. As a result, the "interact with desktop" checkbox under the services dialog is disabled (not checked).
I had permission problems on Win2k3 when trying to run the cygwin/sshd service as the local system. I use the privilege separation and CYGWIN=ntsec. --Matt -----Original Message----- From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 5:34 PM To: Matt Berney Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: /usr/bin/reboot and win2k3 On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, Matt Berney wrote: > Hello, > > I am using cygwin v1.5.9 on Win2k3 standard edition servers. sshd > service is installed and working. I can ssh as a local user or user in > the active directory domain. All privileges appear to be as expected. > I want to be able to use ssh to remotely reboot a server. > > ssh -l root <servername> /usr/bin/reboot -f -r now > > Where: > <servername> is the name of the server I want to reboot > root is the username in the active directory domain that has local > administrator privileges on the server > > When I execute the ssh command to reboot the server, it doesn't seem to > do anything. However, if I open a remote desktop session (as root) on > the desired server and execute the same command, the server reboots as > expected. Am I missing something? > > Thanks, > Matt Berney A WAG: is your sshd service interactive (allowed to "Interact with Desktop")? Igor P.S. Please configure your mailer to wrap long lines. Thanks. -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
