On Apr 2 13:55, Alfred von Campe wrote: > On Apr 2, 2008, at 9:27, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> - Does the domain user have an entry in the local /etc/passwd? sshd >> needs that when checking file ownership. And it allows to specify the >> user to cygrunsrv without the "domain\win_username" syntax. > > Well, there is an entry for a user of the same name. Is that enough or is > there a way to specify the fact that it's a domain user?
The SID in the pw_gecos field must match. When in doubt, try mkpasswd -d -u username. >> - Did you chown /etc/ssh* and /var/empty to the domain user when trying >> to start the service under that account? That's a must have. > > No, I did not know about this either. I will try these suggestions as soon > as I get a chance, but that might not be until I return to the office next > week. A quick question, though. Instead of making all these changes, is > there a better way to (re-)install Cygwin sshd so that it is properly set > up for a domain user? No, that's not supported by the install scripts. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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/
