Can't create scheduled task over ssh as current user

[Bill Stewart]

On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 12:28 PM John Oxley wrote:

> I started off with PowerShell but re-wrote to schtasks to make this post shorter.  Exactly the same thing happens:
>
> > Register-ScheduledTask -TaskName $taskName -Action $action -Trigger $trigger -RunLevel Highest -User foo -Password $fooPassword
> Register-ScheduledTask : The user name or password is incorrect.
> At line:1 char:1
> + Register-ScheduledTask -TaskName $taskName -Action $action -Trigger $ ...
> + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>     + CategoryInfo          : AuthenticationError: (PS_ScheduledTask:Root/Microsoft/...S_ScheduledTask) [Register-Schedule
>    dTask], CimException
>     + FullyQualifiedErrorId : HRESULT 0x8007052e,Register-ScheduledTask

Interesting; I don't know why you're getting error 0x52E (1326 - 'The
user name or password is incorrect').

What is the version of the cygwin1.dll you're using?

3.0 now uses Kerberos/MSV1_0 S4U authentication, meaning you can run
sshd using the SYSTEM account (recommended).

Bill

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