admin wrote: > >The ssh-host-config script should normally offer to install the service, > >but if there is an existing service called sshd (possibly a remnant from > >an old install that was not completely removed) it will not try to > >overwrite it. > > > > that sounds possible. i tried removing everything called cygwin from the > windows registry after i deleted cygwin from my disk to avoid this type of > thing, but i guess that didnt work.
A better way of removing cygwin is to "cygrunsrv -R" any services, "umount -A" to remove all mounts, and then delete the cygwin install directory. Rummaging around in the registry is not recommended. It sounds like you still have a sshd service installed that is referencing a nonexistent path. Type "cygrunsrv -Q sshd" to see if there is such a service, and if so "cygrunsrv -R ssh" and then rerun ssh-host-config. Brian -- 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/