On Feb 7 19:01, matthew patton via Cygwin wrote: > > The problem seems to be that OpenSSH does not even arrive at checking the > >home diretory> or the .ssh directory. It starts checking every directory in > >the path and fails already at "/cygdrive/c/Users" > I don't think we can win an argument with Theo over how misguided and > unnecessary meddling the OpenSSH code is being. Ownership that diverges from > 0 (or 2, or 18) should be a mere WARNING, not an ERROR until validity checks > get to the user's actual $HOME and/or the authorized_keys directory+file. > /home in cygwin is just [OS drive]/cygwin64/home so that doesn't fix > anything. I personally set the Cygwin FSTAB to > C:/Users /home none binary 0 0 > Unfortunately I think we need an #IFDEF on safe_path() to force it back into > it's lane.Anyone want to tangle with Theo?
You can switch off the extended path permission checks by changing your /etc/sshd_config file. See the "StrictModes" setting in `man sshd_config' Corinna -- 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
