I should add that running '/usr/sbin/sshd' (with elevated privileges) works fine. I just can't start it as a service...
"" wrote at about 12:48:40 -0500 on Wednesday, February 16, 2022: > I just installed Cygwin and cygwin sshd on a fresh Win10 Virtual Box > machine. > > Running 'ssh-host-config' worked perfectly, saying the service was > installed. > I accepted all the defaults. > > However, the service fails to start -- whether on 'reboot' or > manually. > > Specifically, > #cygrunsrv -S cygsshd > cygrunsrv: Error starting a service: StartService: Win32 error > 1053: > The service did not respond to the start or control request in a > timely fashion > > #net start cygsshd > The service is not responding to the control function. > > More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2186. > > I am using the native Windows Defender firewall, which has > "Cygwin SSHD - 22 - Private" enabled for 'Private' (but not for > 'Public') > > Googling the error messages didn't show anything helpful > > Any ideas what might be going wrong here? > > > > -- > Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
