after some fiddling with ssh.. removing the service, removing keys, re-running ssh-host-config, I got this error
harvey@samsung350 ~ $ tail /var/log/sshd.log @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @ WARNING: UNPROTECTED PRIVATE KEY FILE! @ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Permissions 0670 for '/etc/ssh_host_ed25519_key' are too open. It is required that your private key files are NOT accessible by others. This private key will be ignored. bad permissions: ignore key: /etc/ssh_host_ed25519_key Could not load host key: /etc/ssh_host_ed25519_key Disabling protocol version 2. Could not load host key sshd: no hostkeys available -- exiting. So I tried changing the file's permissions but I can't seem to change them harvey@samsung350 ~ $ ls -l /etc/ssh_host_ed25519_key -rw-rwx---+ 1 cyg_server root 411 Jun 7 17:23 /etc/ssh_host_ed25519_key harvey@samsung350 ~ $ chmod 600 /etc/ssh_* harvey@samsung350 ~ $ ls -l /etc/ssh_host_ed25519_key -rw-rwx---+ 1 cyg_server root 411 Jun 7 17:23 /etc/ssh_host_ed25519_key harvey@samsung350 ~ $ I can run $ echo asdf>c:\fffdfs So I do have administrative permissions. -- 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