Re: can't connect to sshd on Vista

[Rick McCombs AD5DU <rick dot mccombs at gmail dot com>]

On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Larry Hall  THIS THING SURE LIKE TO
BOUNCE MY MESSAGES wrote:
> On 4/26/2013 12:48 AM, Rick McCombs AD5DU wrote:
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> It's possible while attempting to get this working that you've
> inadvertently gotten permissions set improperly in various
> directories and files that sshd uses.  This is why we're usually
> very critical of using external resources to install and configure
> sshd.  I recommend going through the ssh-host-config and ssh-user-config
> scripts to make sure that all the files and directories they configure do
> exist and that the permissions are set properly.  Closed connections
> are often caused by things like permission problems.

I used external info because the User guide didn't say how to do it.
I have  it working now but I tried about 3 times to send this message.
I use gmail I don't my mail I may future but don't want to use another
 mail client and dowload my mail right now
I dual boot Slackware on this box but I was especially
wanted to try cgywin on the XP computer. It my dads he doesn't use much
since he got a laptop. but I don't think he would let me put linux on it.
As hard as it is to reply to this list I'm about to forget the whole thing.

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