Re: sshd and RSA Authentication - General Troubleshooting

[Kim Lee <kim at bulletproof dot net dot au>]

Kevin Wright wrote:
> 
> Dear Kim,
> 
> Another thing you can try is to run cygcheck. For example:
> 
> kwright@HOLSTEIN-MOBILE /usr/sbin
> $ cygcheck sshd.exe
> Found: .\sshd.exe
> .\sshd.exe
>   C:\WINNT\System32\cygwin1.dll
>     C:\WINNT\System32\KERNEL32.dll
>       C:\WINNT\System32\ntdll.dll
> 
> Running strace also can show what a program is doing. If you
> know about these things already, please ignore this advise.

I haven't used cygwin for long enough. I "assumed" that strace
didn't exist under cygwin. Stoopid me! 
 
> Perhaps I should contribute an FAQ entry on general
> troubleshooting. A quick search through the FAQ didn't turn up a:
> What to do when things don't work. or Troubleshooting tips. hmmm...

That would be a great idea. I think that might help with the support
load :) And silly questions like mine! Heh

ps: Running the latest version of sshd removed that weird delay too! Yay!

KL

> --Kevin
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kim Lee [mailto:kim@bulletproof.net.au]
> > Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 11:03 PM
> > To: Kevin Wright
> > Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com
> > Subject: Re: sshd and RSA Authentication
> >
> >
> > Kevin Wright wrote:
> > >
> > > Kim,
> > >
> > > I have you looked in /usr/doc? Here's a list of files there:
> > >
> > > bzip2-1.0.1.README      jbigkit-1.2.README      ncurses-5.2.README
> > > vim-5.7.README
> > > crypt.README            jpeg-6b.README          openssh-2.3.0p1.README
> > > wget-1.6.README
> > > cvs-1.11.0.README       libpng-1.0.9.README     perl-5.6.1.README
> > > xpm-4.0.0.README
> > > gdbm-1.8.0.README       login.README            readline-4.1.README
> > > zip-2.3.README
> > > gettext-0.10.35.README  mt.README               tiff-3.5.5.README
> > > zlib-1.1.3.README
> > > inetutils-1.3.2.README  ncftp-3.0.2.README      unzip-5.41.README
> > >
> > > check out the files for login, inetutils, openssh to begin
> > with. And if you
> > > still have a problem. Search the mailing list:
> > >
> > > http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/
> >
> > Hi Kevin,
> >
> > Actually I did...
> >
> > BUT
> >
> > <red faced>
> > I was running an old version of sshd.exe in \winnt but I can't explain
> > why on earth typing in sshd -d called the old version when it was in
> > \d\winnt ie not in the path
> >
> > This will teach me to use full paths where possible when testing!
> > </red faced>
> >
> > Thanks! :)
> > Cheers
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Kim Lee                         Senior Engineer - Bulletproof Networks
> > ph: +61 (0) 416 212 025                 http://www.bulletproof.net.au/
> >                    "When failure is not an option"
> >

-- 
Cheers
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Kim Lee                         Senior Engineer - Bulletproof Networks
ph: +61 (0) 416 212 025                 http://www.bulletproof.net.au/
                   "When failure is not an option"

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