cygwin 3.0.1-1 breaks my sshd install

scowles@ckhb.org scowles@ckhb.org
Wed Feb 20 22:36:00 GMT 2019


On Wed, 20 Feb 2019, Houder wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Feb 2019 22:41:08, Corinna Vinschen  wrote:
>
>> On Feb 20 22:35, Houder wrote:
> [snip]
>
>>>
>>> Perhaps I missed something in the last couple of month. Did I have
>>> to change
>>> something in the setup of openssh?
>>
>> I really don't know, this all works fine for me.  Try switching the
>> account starting sshd from cyg_server to LocalSystem and change
>> ownership of all files /etc/ssh* to SYSTEM.
>
> I carried out Andy M.'s instruction and it worked (as I wrote). The
> files you mention above are still owned by cyg_server (and readable
> by group Adminstrators).
>
> Henri


i, too, made the switch to Local System startup for the sshd daemon.  i also 
changed ownership of the /etc/ssh* files to SYSTEM.  now, ssh services, under 
3.0.1-1, are working as expected.

many thanks to henri and andy.  and thank you. corinna, for your kind 
marshalling of this group and cygwin.

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