René Krell wrote: > I installed Cygwin rel. 1.5.19-4 on Windows 2003 Server SP1. [snip] > After installing I launched ssh-host-config and activated the sshd system > service. [snip] > Service : sshd > Display name : CYGWIN sshd > Current State : Running > Controls Accepted : Stop > Command : /usr/sbin/sshd -D > stdin path : /dev/null > stdout path : /var/log/sshd.log > stderr path : /var/log/sshd.log > Environment : CYGWIN="ntsec" > Process Type : Own Process > Startup : Automatic > Dependencies : tcpip > Account : LocalSystem ------------------------^^^^^^^^^^^ That is your problem.
[snip] You didn't follow the recommendations of ssh-host-config, which also are explained in /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/openssh.README, specially the part that says: "Important note for Windows 2003 Server users:" -- 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/