Windows 7 sshd can only login as cyg_server

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 08/22/2014 04:44 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:

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> That's what I meant.  Do you have a non-admin account for testing
> a login?

I can only make a local non-admin user.  If I use that, it is just
returning "Permission denied" after I enter the password.  I guess I'll
have to fiddle with it a little more to see if I can figure out why that
is.  But that seems tangential to the issue reported.

If I try using the cyg_server account (yuck, I feel filthy! ;-) ), I get
kicked out the same way as reported minus the message about chown.  That's
as close as I've gotten and, of course, it's exactly opposite what was
reported.

>>> Today I confused myself a lot by trying it (I'm using a domain cyg_server
>>> account for years so it was a bit of hacking) and I was able to login
>>> with a domain admin account but not with a normal domain account.
>>
>> That's with a local cyg_server running the service?
>
> Yes, sorry for not being clearer.  That was the hacky part.  It required
> to change the domain policy and stuff like that.

OK, so this sounds similar to what I'm seeing with my domain account and
with a local cyg_server running sshd.  I'm _shocked_.

>>> I didn't manage to debug this further.  However, what I never encounter is
>>> a "chown(/dev/ptyX,...) Permission denied" message.
>>
>> Yeah, me neither.  That's... special. ;-)
>
> ...and a bit incomprehensible :(

Indeed.  Maybe the OP has an actual file for the pseudo /dev/pty1 file?  If
so, maybe the permissions on the file are getting in the way??


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Larry

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