Evan Cooch wrote: >> > 2. modifed the env variables by adding a variable named CYGWIN with >> > value ntsec tty >> >> Not necessary. > > Then why is it specified in > http://pigtail.net/LRP/printsrv/cygwin-sshd.html > >> > 3. added c:\cygwin\bin to the PATH >> >> Not necessary. > > As above - if not, then why specify it in > http://pigtail.net/LRP/printsrv/cygwin-sshd.html
That page is made by somebody that is not in the Cygwin team, it may be correct or not (the points marked as "not necessary" by Thorsten are really not necessary but they don't interfere) but you are asking the Cygwin list not the author of that page, so: Follow the instructions in C:\Cygwin\usr\share\doc\Cygwin\openssh.README, that is the official documentation. Other than that, look at your event log and see if there is any further information about the failed service startup. You mention "host-ssh-config", is that a typo? the script is named "ssh-host-config". Its failure is very strange, perhaps you have a corrupted installation, you are not using text mode, are you? (in setup you have to select if Cygwin is installed for all users or not, text- or bin-mode, best results are with "for all" and "binmode (a.k.a. Unix)"). You should run ssh-host-config in debug mode (i.e. ssh-host-config -d) and see what was the last thing it did, why did it exit? was there an error message? HTH -- René Berber -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/