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Re: sshd install problems | WinXP Pro system
* Evan Cooch (2005-09-10 22:08 +0100)
> After 2-3 hours googling for insights, and thoroughly reading what
> was available, I've decided to stop beating my head against the wall,
> and ask here.
>
> Basically, trying to get sshd installed as a service under WinXP Pro
> -SP2. Trying the install as a user who has full admin privelages on
> the system.
>
> 1. downloaded Cygwin - installed what I needed (cygrunsrv and
> openssh) in addition to the usual defaults. No muss, no fuss.
>
> 2. modifed the env variables by adding a variable named CYGWIN with
> value ntsec tty
Not necessary.
> 3. added c:\cygwin\bin to the PATH
Not necessary.
> 4. now is when the problems seem to start (I think)...when I run
> host-ssh-config, I get only one question - the one about 'privelage
> separation'. I answer 'yes' Thats it. No further questions - nothing
> about 'local user', or 'install sshd as a service', or the 'CYGWIN=' question.
>
> Hmmm...
>
> 5. bring up a terminal window, and type
>
> cygrunsrv --start sshd
>
> Nada. After about 60 seconds of 'trying', it quits, and refuses to
> start. Reboot 10 or so times - find the sshd is sitting there as a
> service, but not started . Manual starts all fail.
>
> 6. Try chown and chmod for various files as mentioned on several
> Google sites. Nada. Still can't get sshd to start.
>
> So, given that there must be at least several hundred hits on 'sshd
> won't start' on Google, seems as if this is a ubiquitous, and
> pernicious problem. Surely there has to be a simple solution.
>
> suggestions? Pointers to solution? The machine is generic, vanilla,
> clean XP SP2. I'd have thought that the sshd install should have been
> about as straightforward as you could get, but no such luck.
Try again. Remove the service (cygrunsrv -R) and try without
separation. Look at the event log. Look at /var/log/ssh*
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