Larry, I am SO sorry, I didn't even see that there was an address in the original message. Dave M
--- On Wed, 9/23/09, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <reply-to-list-only...@cygwin.com> wrote: > From: Larry Hall (Cygwin) <reply-to-list-only...@cygwin.com> > Subject: Re: sftp on a Windows 2003 server > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 3:06 PM > Dave, > > <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>. > Please. It's really not polite to include > the email address of others in the body of your > reply. It just opens them up to more > spam. > > On 09/23/2009 04:23 PM, Dave M wrote: > > Then I wrote: > >> On 09/23/2009 03:25 PM, Dave M wrote: > >>> Two questions: > >>> 1) Should I run the ssh-host-config now or > wait until the mkgroup issue is resolved? > >> > >> Since you plan to use a local user for ssh/sftp, > you can skip the mkgroup issue for now. > >> > >>> 2) Do I need to resolve the mkgroup issue, and > if so, how? > >> > >> I'd like to see your 'cygcheck -srv' output and > what 'ls -l /etc/group /etc/passwd' says. > >> *Attach* the former to your reply when you're > ready to look at this issue. > > Larry, > > Here is the cygcheck -srv output: > > Actually, I asked that you *attach* it, not in-line > it. This is the same request that > <http://cygwin.com/problems.html> makes and for good > reason. Now people searching > the email archives for 'openssh' or 'HOME' are going to > find your message. That's > unlikely to be the thing they are looking for. > > So, a few comments based on your cygcheck output: > > 1. Can you get direct access to this machine or is > everything through TS? > 2. Any user on this machine will be better off with > the Cygwin home directory > that comes from '/etc/passwd'. Check > that '/etc/passwd' has a "/home/<user>" > home directory, most preferably with > <user> not containing any spaces, for the > user you'll be logging into ssh/sftp as. > 3. If you plan to install and use Cygwin 1.5 (the > current release), you should > reference the documentation for that at > cygwin.com. References I sent you > previously were for the upcoming 1.7 > release. > _____________________________________________________________________ > > A: Yes. > > Q: Are you sure? > >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of > conversation. > >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple