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Re: OpenSSH for Non Administrators


Damian Sobieralski wrote:

> My apologies if this has asked before.  I researched as much as I could
> on my own. I hope a kind soul can direct me to a useful resource.
> 
>  I installed Cygwin on a Windows 2003 Server with OpenSSH 4.2p1-1.
> After installing I ran ssh-host-config and chose privilege separation. 
> 
> "privilege separation" -> Yes
> "create local user sshd_server" -> Yes
> "install sshd as a service" -> Yes
> CYGWIN="  -> ntsec
> 
>  I synced the users and passwords with:
> 
> mkpasswd   --local   >   /etc/passwd
> mkgroup   --local    >   /etc/group
> 
>  Now the weird thing is that I am able to log in (ssh in).  I'm part of
> the administrator group.  I set up another user as a "normal" user and
> they are not able to authenticate and get in.  If I promote this user to
> be part of the administrator group he/she is able to get in.
> 
>  I read this thread and noticed a poster stated if one read the readme
> in /usr/share/doc/Cygwin that this should cover all I need to know.  I
> did read it and I am not seeing where I made the mistake.  Can anyone
> assist me on where I am making a mistake?

Does the normal user have a HOME directory?  usually /home contains the HOME
directories of each user that has used the Cygwin console, when it doesn't exist
I think it's impossible to login using ssh.

Another question: did you use ssh-user-config?
-- 
René Berber


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