On 16 Sep, Brian Dessent wrote:
> > I'm wondering how I get the machine back into a pristine state to try a
> > re-install, since perhaps some of our post-install changes screwed
> > things up. (ssh normally works just fine.)
>
> Remove any services you might have installed ("cygrunsrv -R ssh") and
> remove all entries from the mount table ("umount -a") and that should
> pretty much do it, assuming of course you removed the main installation
> directory as well.
Okay. While this wouldn't undo changes made by ssh-host-config to
c:/windows/services, I don't really think that'd be the source of the
error.
> Personally, though, if I were you and trying to fix ssh I'd worry just
> about ssh. Remove the service and any created files (pid, log,
> $HOME/.ssh, etc.) and then re-reun ssh-{host,user}-config. Removing
> everything and reinstalling "pristine" is one of those things that
> everyone likes to do but it always seemed to me like the equivalent of
> crushing the entire car and melting it down to raw scrap steel to fix
> the scratch in the side of the door. But, I will admit, it does work in
> a lot of cases (due to e.g. permission errors on the original install.)
>
> Brian
Very true. Yeah, I should at least do that. And I just now saw your
note about ssh-user-config and realised that I didn't know about it at
all - so I may have some more fruitful avenues to pursue than I thought.
Many thanks,
luke
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