At 04:43 PM 4/14/2004, you wrote: >Running cygwin (on Windows 2000) for a few months, and >finally decided that I wanted sshd and cron activated. > >Logged on as administrator and did: > >cron: >cygrunsrv -I cron -p /bin/cron -a -D > >sshd: >run the ssh-host-config script and answer the questions (I >read several tutorials that all said about the same thing)
What about ssh-user-config? >I did answer "tty ntsec" in response to the question about >the CYGWIN environment string (instead of going through the >environment variables string of system properties - and I >noticed that it did not show up). ??? >When I rebooted the machine, neither of these would start >(they both do appear in the service list, though). The errors: > >The cron service failed to start due to the following error: >Access is denied. <http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-03/msg00379.html> >The CYGWIN sshd service failed to start due to the following error: >Access is denied. > >I have a rough idea of the problem (I don't think I have >the right permissions on the necessary cygwin files). > >Can someone tell me: > >1. Who or what (service? system?) needs which permissions >to make these work, and on which files? /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/openssh.README >2. Does some way exist so that I can start and stop these >as a regular user? That's a Windows question. But you have to think, why would you want a system where a regular user could start and stop services? >3. Does any documentation exist on what permissions files >should have (and can I recover from my present situation >where I own most of the files as a regular user)? /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/openssh.README and/or check out the email archives. >3a. Does some way exist for a regular user (I know that "su" >doesn't work) to get access to edit important cygwin files >without having to log off and long in as administrator? Yes. 'ssh'. ;-) >4. When I finally get sshd working, can I log in as a domain >user (and if so, how do I differentiate between a domain user >and a local user when logging onto the machine)? Make sure they have different user names in Windows or edit your /etc/passwd file to change the _name_ (only!) of one to something unique. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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/
