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Re: cygwin 3.0.1-1 breaks my sshd install


On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 1:25 PM Corinna Vinschen wrote:

> Sorry guys, but I can't reproduce this problem at all.  I tested ssh
> login on Vista, W7 and W10 1809, in each case on 64 bit and under
> WOW64.  On all systems I can login with domain as well as local
> accounts.
>
> For completeness sake I started sshd under SYSTEM as wel as under
> cyg_server account and every time it just worked.
>
> The only reason for failing logins coming to mind is the case of
> the usernames.  It must be written *exactly* as returned by
> `getent passwd'.  I.e.:
>
>   $ getent passwd | grep -i foo
>   MACHINE+Foo:*:197608:197121:U-MACHINE\Foo,[...]
>
> You have to login like this:
>
>   $ ssh MACHINE+Foo
>
> This will not work:
>
>   $ ssh machine+foo

Same here. Can't reproduce either. Works fine for me.

Bill

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