* Patrick Aikens (Tue, 19 May 2009 07:08:00 -0400) > Patrick Aikens wrote: > > Patrick Aikens wrote: > >> I've installed cygwin 1.5 on my WHS box as Administrator. I've > >> opened a cygwin terminal and executed the mkpasswd -l > /etc/passwd > >> and mkgroup -l > /etc/group commands, executed ssh-host-setup and > >> used privilege separation, and everything seems to have executed > >> OK. I can ssh to that machine as Administrator just fine using > >> password auth. However, I can't ssh in as any other user on that > >> machine using password authentication - I get told that the > >> password is incorrect, which I know it isn't. I can use key-based > >> auth to login as any user, so I do have a workaround, but I'm > >> curious as to why no user but Administrator can use password auth > >> to log in? I've logged in via remote desktop as the user I wish to > >> SSH as and ran ssh-user-config as that user (that's how I got the > >> key-based login working). I haven't done that as Administrator, > >> though, and it still lets me log in just fine there. > >> > >> Sorry if this is a bit rambling, but I've been working on this > >> problem for a while and it's getting late where I am... > >> cygcheck.out is attached. > > > > So, is this expected behavior then? Is it only possible to log in as > > the user that installed the server using password authentication? > > Is 1.5 not supported anymore? I only see 1.7 questions getting > answered, and nobody even tells me to get lost in 4 days... I > apologize if I've violated some sort of mailing list rule with my ssh > question, I thought I had fulfilled all the requirements of asking a > question (including the cygcheck output), but it was late.
I don't think cygcheck will help in this case. Run ssh with -v's and sshd with -d's. Check the application eventlog and /var/log/... Thorsten -- 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/
