David, I am still having trouble to set up OpenSSH server. Following the suggestions below, I run mmc.exe to make sure the Administrator account is enabled. Then I logon the Administrator account and from there I reinstalled cygwin from scratch. However, when I run ssh-host-config -y again, I still got the same error message.
The machine I tried above is a laptop running Windows Vista Business 32bit. Any more clues? Paul. David Christensen wrote: > Paul August wrote: > >> *** Warning: The file /etc/passwd is not readable by all. >> *** Warning: Please run 'chmod +r /etc/passwd'. >> *** Warning: The file /etc/group is not readable by all. >> *** Warning: Please run 'chmod +r /etc/group'. >> *** ERROR: Problem with LocalSystem or Adminstrator IDs >> Does anyone have a clue how to deal with this problem? Is there >> anybody who successfully installed OpenSSH server on their Vista >> Business/Ultimate PCs? > > I just built a machine using a Windows Vista Ultimate with SP1 32-bit > OEM DVD this weekend. Once Vista was installed and activated, I > discovered that the Administrator account was disabled by default. I > did some work using the administrator-level account I created during > installation, but I didn't like this approach -- I wanted the real > Administrator account. So, I STFW and enabled it using the Local Users > and Groups MMC console: > > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766343.aspx > > I finished up with the real Administrator account, including installing > Cygwin and sshd. I made the changes noted above plus another (/var?), > and had the script create an account to run sshd. sshd works. > > > HTH, > > David > > -- 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/