Silently configure sshd fails via system account

[Paul Griffith]

On 02/21/2014 03:58 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> On 2/21/2014 3:48 PM, Paul Griffith wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am using a software package called WPKG (wpkg.org) to silently deploy
>> Cygwin and then configure SSHD. The Cygwin installation works like a
>> charm. Configuring sshd is another story. If I run my script from a admin
>> command prompt, I am to setup sshd. If I run that same script from WPKG,
>> it fails. The only difference is that the WPKG agent runs as the SYSTEM
>> user. I assume SCCM (Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager) users
>> would have the same issue since their agent also run as SYSTEM.
>>
>> Any ideas other than pulling apart /usr/bin/ssh-host-config  and trying
>> to do this manually myself ??
> 
> Configuring sshd can be tricky.  There are plenty of failure paths so it's
> best not to step off known paths to success unless you're willing to blaze
> a new successful trail.  With that in mind, why not run WPKG under an
> account that is known to successfully install Cygwin in the normal way?
> This may be close enough to a known successful path to just work.
> 

Thanks Larry,

   I have a few options to try. I post them to help others, if I achieve some measure of success.

Best Regards,
Paul


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