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Re: 1.7.1: problem with public key authentication on domain accounts


On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Thomas Nisbach <nisbach@cityweb.de> wrote:

> Here is my SOLUTION and what I additionally found:
> Using LSA-package (running cyglsa-config script and reboot) is (the only?)
> solution (Larry recommended, too)!
> I read Corinna's message (also linked by CYGWIN User's Guide,
> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-developers/2006-11/msg00000.html). Here she
> mentions that it is necessary to use LSA or a special user account like
> sshd_server. Before updating to CYGWIN 1.7.1 I did not use LSA or a special
> user account. Everything run fine since mid of 2006 and all CYGWIN updates in
> between. I still do not understand what the difference in 1.7.1 is. Therefore
> here my investigations:
>
<snip>
>
> What I found (without LSA configured):
> Changing my login shell to /usr/bin/telnet made it possible to make some
> tests. Telnet was started by sshd on my login host but it e.g. was not
> possible to run local commands via "!" command (...could not load ws2_32,
> Win32 error 126). Via Sysinternals process explorer I found a lot of
> privileges missing on the forked sshd and telnet process. I guess the
> privilege to modify the PATH is missing because PATH of the telnet process was
> empty (resulting in the error message above?)
>
> Conclusion: Should there be a recommandation in the User's guid to use LSA
> when updating to 1.7.1 and using services like SSH?
>

This worked for me.  I configured LSA and ssh worked as it did in Cygwin 1.5.

-Greg

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