Greetings all! I have been banging against a problem for the past couple of days and I believe that I've exhausted all resources. The problem in short is: I can't get sshd to run as a service on Windows Server 2003 (Win2K3)
The long story is this: I followed all directions as posted in the docs. I used "ssh-host-config" to do the initial configuration. Prerequisits that were performed: - I am a local admin - The machine is on a domain, so I "mkpassword -l -d ..." and "mkgroup -l -d ..." for the environment beforehand - I ensured the machine had the latest patches (for Windows) - Ensured the the mount points for Cygwin were added under "LOCAL_MACHINE" (I chose "all users" during setup) Actions followed: - Ran configuration app (ssh-host-config) - Options chosen were all "yes" - CYGWIN variables tried: ntsec tty (based on some reference found on the net) - Both the "sshd" and "sshd_server" accounts were created, sshd being disabled and "sshd_server" I enabled 'password does not expire' flag At that time, I confirmed the service was created, which is was. I then tried to start it. The error I got was: " cygrunsrv: Error starting a service: QueryServiceStatus: Win32 error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion. " So, as a test, I used Windows' "runas" feature to log in as 'sshd_server'. (I did have to enable 'log on locally' for this account in the local policies. - I performed "runas user:dcesap08\sshd_server c:\cygwin\cygwin.bat", which worked. - At the prompt, I ran "/usr/sbin/sshd -D". It worked! - I tested the server and was able to connect and authenticate! - I also tried "/usr/sbin/sshd". That worked, too! Some other things I've looked at: - CYGWIN env variable has been used as system wide environment var as well as with "cygrunsrv -I ..." - I have installed the service manually with "cygrunsrv", still no difference. - I have used NT File Monitor for looking for file permission issues; none were found. - NT Registry Monitor also showed nothing interesting. - Ensured the 'sshd_server' user was added to the various policies: 'Run as service', 'Create token', 'Act as part of the OS'.. Many of these were already set, but I was just making sure. So, here I stand. A very functional Cygwin install, a new server, and a bottle of frustration. If anyone has any pointers to a solution, then please let me know! In the meantime, I think I might just log in and manually run the server using 'runas'. We need this to work. Best regards! -- Sean F. Aitken -- 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/
