> Please address your messages to the list. If you wish to hire me, I > prefer silver and gold U.S. coins. :-)
I really wish I can afford to hire you:-) > > 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. Sorry for not well formated messages. I am still new to cygwin list. I subscribed the list in the digest form, and it is not so easy to compose a good reply from yahoo email to the messages appeared in the list. I will try to do a better job. > > 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. This what I did: 1. Log on as Administrator. 2. Remove my existing Cygwin directory 3. Download Cygwin Setup to C:\Downloads 4. Run Cygwin Setup. Accept the default package selections (e.g. base) and also get OpenSSH package. Download cygwin at C:\Dowloads and install cygwin at C:\cygwin. Have Cygwin Setup create Start menu icon. 5. Run Cygwin Bash Shell via Start menu. 6. Run ssh-host-config -y in Cygwin Bash Shell again. The console session is pasted below. ~> ssh-host-config -y *** Query: Overwrite existing /etc/ssh_config file? (yes/no) yes *** Info: Creating default /etc/ssh_config file *** Query: Overwrite existing /etc/sshd_config file? (yes/no) yes *** Info: Creating default /etc/sshd_config file *** Info: Privilege separation is set to yes by default since OpenSSH 3.3. *** Info: However, this requires a non-privileged account called 'sshd'. *** Info: For more info on privilege separation read /usr/share/doc/openssh/READ ME.privsep. *** Query: Should privilege separation be used? (yes/no) yes *** 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 ~> > > 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. I have used Unix for years and have better-than-average knowledge about using Unix/Linux/Ubuntu. I understand those warnings and tried chmod commands. But they have no effect. I did try ssh-host-config without -y option and it has no effect either. > > 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. Yes. > 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. It is attached to this message. > 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. Unfortunately I still have no luck. > 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!) This message is sent to the list and cc'ed to David. Similar to my previous messages, I meant to get help from general list subscribers. The copy cc'ed to him is for his information, not for pressing him to give me a reply. He kindly offered his suggestions and I really appreciate it. I will be more grateful if he has any further suggestions. Paul.
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