At 08:46 PM 9/19/2004, you wrote: >excuse me if this is an old or easily answered question but I have tried a few >things and am running out of time. > >Scenario: > >I have a a mini-ITX system that is remote and connected via 802.11b wireless > >It boots into XP pro without any password on power up > >I have sshd coming up OK via net start sshd in startup folder > >I can manipulate apps via realVNC but would like to use ssh and scp for some >things > >the problem is that things like ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] fail because of the lack of >password on the admin account. > >What am I missing...
Proper configuration of your '/etc/sshd_config' file for one. ;-) By default, 'sshd' does not allow empty passwords on any password authenticated access. If you want to allow this, you need to make changes to permit it. Edit your '/etc/sshd_config' file, uncomment the line that says 'PermitEmptyPasswords no', and change 'no' to 'yes'. Note that this is a less secure configuration. Really, this isn't a Cygwin-specific issue. Any source on OpenSSH would give you this information. So, if you have a follow-up question on this, please check to make sure that the problem is specific to Cygwin if at all possible. And certainly check OpenSSH docs and other resources first. -- 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/
