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Re: system account files mystery
- From: dsacks <dennis at calico-consulting dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 21:46:03 -0800 (PST)
- Subject: Re: system account files mystery
- References: <7626013.post@talk.nabble.com> <7627528.post@talk.nabble.com> <456F6C58.20504@cygwin.com>
Okay, hmmmm. So what is the secret to geting sshd working? It is running, but
when I try to ssh in, it doesn't accept my domain password. Does it work
with domain users or is there something special I need to do for that to
happen?
D
Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>
> dsacks wrote:
>> fyi, this is all about trying to get sshd to accept incoming connections.
>> I
>> want to use winscp into my xp box to move files.
>>
>> I am very confused about what password sshd would use - does it use
>> windows
>> authentication or does it expect to find passwords in /etc/passwd? Can I
>> choose?
>>
>
> Password authentication is done through Windows. Passwords on all
> NT-based
> platforms come from Windows.
>
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