At 08:30 PM 7/28/2004, you wrote: >I found a solution to a ssh/cygwin and file sharing (smb/samba) >problem which had been bothering me for quite a while. I looked at >the FAQ and did some google searches and see where others have >reported a similar problem in the mailing list archive but didn't >see the solution I came across being reported. > >My problem was that I am using a persistent file share directory >created using the command on machine A running Windows 2K and has >cygwin installed: > > mount -f -s -b -E "//MachineB/dirName" "/dirName" > >and if I was using Machine A I could do a "cd /dirName" and >it worked fine, but if I tried to ssh into Machine A and then >do a "cd /dirName" I got a permission denied error. > >Previous suggestions in the mailing list for similar problems (related >to "net use") were that it may be related to the setting of the CYGWIN >environment variable by setting or unsetting either nosmbntsec or >smbntsec values for it. However that didn't change anything for me. > >What finally worked for me was to go to > > Settings -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services > >and to change the LogOn userid for the "CYGWIN sshd" service from >"Local System account" to a particular user on my domain. Now things >work OK for me if I ssh in and want to access remote file shares. > >This may not be the right solution for all situations, ie. if you have >multiple people logging in to a machine via cygwin/ssh and they all >need to get their own privileges, but it works for my needs as I just >need one account one this machine and I'm the only one who uses it.
Yep, that's one option. Another is to use 'ssh' with password authentication rather than public key. A third is to make the share in question accessible by everyone, so authentication isn't required. Each of these options has a downside but may be viable for particular situations. AFAIK, these are the only three options that allow one to get access to a network share through 'ssh'. -- 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/
