Damian Sobieralski wrote: > My apologies if this has asked before. I researched as much as I could > on my own. I hope a kind soul can direct me to a useful resource. > > I installed Cygwin on a Windows 2003 Server with OpenSSH 4.2p1-1. > After installing I ran ssh-host-config and chose privilege separation. > > "privilege separation" -> Yes > "create local user sshd_server" -> Yes > "install sshd as a service" -> Yes > CYGWIN=" -> ntsec > > I synced the users and passwords with: > > mkpasswd --local > /etc/passwd > mkgroup --local > /etc/group > > Now the weird thing is that I am able to log in (ssh in). I'm part of > the administrator group. I set up another user as a "normal" user and > they are not able to authenticate and get in. If I promote this user to > be part of the administrator group he/she is able to get in. > > I read this thread and noticed a poster stated if one read the readme > in /usr/share/doc/Cygwin that this should cover all I need to know. I > did read it and I am not seeing where I made the mistake. Can anyone > assist me on where I am making a mistake?
Does the normal user have a HOME directory? usually /home contains the HOME directories of each user that has used the Cygwin console, when it doesn't exist I think it's impossible to login using ssh. Another question: did you use ssh-user-config? -- René Berber -- 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/
