Hi Kenneth, seems to me your authentication worked. Maybe your ". runme.sh" does not work as expected, since the environment of a login window and a non-interactive call differs? Maybe You'd better call "sh runme.sh"?
regards, matthias > -----Original Message----- ... > I am able to ssh and execute a script (runme.sh) on the win > box from the > unix box with *password* authentication, no problem. > However, when I try > public key authentication (putting private key file in the > ~/.ssh directory > on the unix box and adding the corresponding public key in the > ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file on the Windows/Cygwin box), the > script does not > execute on the win box. > > According to the debug (attached), there does not appear to > be anything > wrong with with private/public key authentication - and in fact, the > runme.sh script does apparently get called. The only tell > tale sign seems > to be an exit code of 255 (rather than 0). Has anybody > experienced this > before and know how to fix it? ... > debug1: ssh-userauth2 successfull: method publickey > debug1: channel 0: new [client-session] > debug1: send channel open 0 > debug1: Entering interactive session. > debug2: callback start > debug1: client_init id 0 arg 0 > debug1: Sending command: . runme.sh > debug2: callback done ... > debug1: Exit status 255 ... -- 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/