Paul August wrote: > David,
Please address your messages to the list. If you wish to hire me, I prefer silver and gold U.S. coins. :-) > I am still having trouble to set up OpenSSH server. Following the > suggestions below, Which suggestions? Please copy/ paste/ indent/ reformat the text you wish to comment upon into your message, and then reply immediately below so we don't have to guess/ infer. > 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. Please provide more information. I am unaware of formal Cygwin install and uninstall mechanisms (e.g. *.msi, Add/Remove Programs, scripts, etc.), and so follow my own seat-of-the-pants procedures (http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-05/msg00720.html). Please document what you did/ do so that it can be repeated/ troubleshot. > However, when I run ssh-host-config -y Don't use the -y option. Automagic is bad when you're troubleshooting (unless, of course, you're troubleshooting the automagic ;-). > again, I still got the same error message. If you mean: >>> *** 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 The warnings contain the solution (assuming you know Unix; do you know Unix?). Start a Cygwin Bash shell and run the commands: chmod +r /etc/passwd chmod +r /etc/group Then, run ssh-host-config again. You will get one or two more sets of warnings/ errors with solutions. Follow the instructions and repeat. I recall it taking three or four passes and that Vista took more work than XP. > The machine I tried above is a laptop running Windows Vista Business > 32bit. > Any more clues? Please: 1. Confirm that you have installed Cygwin using the (real Vista) Administrator account. Only use this account when administering Cygwin. 2. Run Cygwin Setup and make sure your installation is up to date. 3. Run "cygcheck" per http://cygwin.com/problems.html and save cygcheck.out. 4. Open a Cygwin Bash shell and attempt to configure the OpenSSH server. 5. If you're still stuck, reply to the list (cc myself if you like), attach cygcheck.out, include your console session (at the end or attached as a *.txt file), and copy/ paste key lines from the console session into your message with your thoughts/ comments/ questions. 6. When you do figure it out, post a summary to the list so that everyone benefits. (I am constantly rebuilding my machines with various flavors of Windows, Linux, BSD, etc., and have run into vaguely familiar problems only to STFW and find my own solutions posted on the web!) 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/