On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, sbeavan wrote: > Not sure if you are having the exact same issue I had, but I couldn't chmod > the files in cygwin either. Then I realized my home directory was on a > windows share. I was able to cp the files to my local drive and chmod them, > but the changes disappeared when moving the files back to the home > directory. To change my home directory to a local path I ran the following > command > mkpasswd -l -c -p /home > this made my home directory in the local /home > once this was done I mv all files from the old network share to the local > and chmoded them appropriately and was able to use my ssh with rsa keys > fine.
What you wanted was smbntsec (see <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html>). Igor > Brian Dessent wrote: > > > > Siva wrote: > > > >> Re: binary distro of OpenSSH 3.8.1p1 > > > > If this is a reply to a previous message then please send it as an > > actual reply, don't start a new thread. Otherwise, you break threading > > in the archives and for anyone using a threaded email client. > > > >> I've been unable to use Cygwin's OpenSSH on Vista w/public key > >> authentication because ssh.exe always states the file permissions on the > >> private key file--"id_rsa"--are too open. > >> > >> I've used the chmod.exe utility to change the permissions on the id_rsa > >> file to 600, but ssh.exe still pops up with the same error message. > >> > >> I've also used Windows' cacls.exe command to alter the ACLs for the file > >> to be ONLY read-accesible to the current user, and the same thing > >> happens. > >> > >> This behavior DOES NOT occur on XP and 2000 when I try it, i. e. > >> chmod.exe WORKS on these OSs to change id_rsa's permissions so that > >> ssh.exe is happy (i. e. to 0600). > >> > >> Is there a specific bona-fide way to set the id_rsa file's permission to > >> always be acceptable to Cygwin SSH on Vista, in addition to the other > >> Windows OSs? > > > > I can't reproduce this. I just tried using a stock Cygwin 1.5.24 and > > OpenSSH 4.6p1-1 under Vista and it worked fine. The default permissions > > set on the private keyfile by ssh-keygen worked without any fiddling. > > > > $ ls -l .ssh/id* > > -rw------- 1 brian None 1675 Jun 29 19:20 .ssh/id_rsa > > -rw-r--r-- 1 brian None 393 Jun 29 19:20 .ssh/id_rsa.pub > > > > So, I think you're going to need to give us a lot more information about > > your config, starting with the cygcheck output as requested at > > <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>. It would also be good to know why > > you're trying to use this very old version of OpenSSH, which might mean > > that your version of Cygwin is ancient too. > > > > Brian -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous. -- Frank Herbert -- 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/
