Issue with sshd and sftp process on Windows 2008

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 2/10/2012 4:59 AM, Abhishek1 Ranjan wrote:
>
>
> HI
>
> I am using the following details to manage my application with help of cygwin.
>
> Cygwin Version : 1.7.5(0.225/5/3)
>   Windown OS: 2008 64 bit
>
> We use cygwin to transfer the files from Unix server(where
> application serevr runs) to Windows Server(Where we archive files).
>
> This was runnign fine in Windows 2003 since Dec 2010(When we started
> using cygwin). Then in Dec 2011 we switched to Windows 2008 Server.
> After couple of days of succesful run, it started creating problem.
> Sometime I can see sshd process(Fork Process) or/and sftp-server.exe
> processes gettign stuck and my application serevr threak keep
> waiting for this process to complete which ends up in restarting the
> application server.
>
> The same works fine in another Windows 2008 serevr which uses same
> version of cygwin. We tried to replicate but failed.
>
> We have checked CPU / Network usage and it looks fine.
>
> The issue is intermittent(Sometimes it happens thrice a day and
> sometimes once a week).

Try installing the rebase package, reading its README, and following
the directions there.  Either that or upgrade to the latest Cygwin
DLL package (1.7.10).  Either should help with the fork problems.


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Larry

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