sshd [5.1p1] fails on seteuid "permission denied"

2008-08-05 Thread J.D. Baldwin
cygwin -s -r -v output is included below. I have found numerous reports of this same problem on various Cygwin forums, mailing lists, etc., but no solutions offered. I can invoke /usr/sbin/sshd but not log in via same. I have tried it with and without privilege separation, with and without re-e

Re: sshd [5.1p1] fails on seteuid "permission denied"

2008-08-05 Thread J.D. Baldwin
On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 06:42:46PM -0500, Ren? Berber wrote: > [snip] > >I can invoke /usr/sbin/sshd but not log in via same. I have tried it > >with and without privilege separation, with and without re-exec and in > >various other permutations. It always fails on the seteuid call. > [snip] > >

Re: sshd [5.1p1] fails on seteuid "permission denied"

2008-08-06 Thread J.D. Baldwin
On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 09:07:04PM -0700, Brian Dessent wrote: > > I can invoke /usr/sbin/sshd but not log in via same. I have tried it > > Stop right there. Running sshd directly from your user account -- > even if you are an Administrator -- is incorrect and wrong. It > won't work, and worse