ISO up-to-date instructions for Cygwin sshd

I've just wasted 4 hours trying to get sshd to work on Cygwin (OS: Windows 2000). All instructions I've managed to find for this are either outdated or incomplete. Where can I find detailed, up-to-date instructions on setting up Cygwin sshd? Thanks! kynn -- Unsubscribe info: http

login shell in passwd ignored

I have changed the login shell info for my username in /etc/passwd from /bin/bash to /usr/bin/zsh, and when I login, the SHELL environment variable reflects this change, but even after restarting the machine, my login shell is still /bin/bash. What must I do to have /usr/bin/zsh be the

Re: /etc/profile error

X-Original-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Cygwin List [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:42:19 -0500 From: Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 05:38 PM 11/15/2004, you wrote: Whenever I bring up a Cygwin shell, I get the following error: bash:

/etc/profile error

Hi. I just installed Cygwin on an IBM laptop running Windows XP. Whenever I bring up a Cygwin shell, I get the following error: bash: /etc/profile: line 196: syntax error: unexpected end of file I don't see any problem with /etc/profile: 190echo mkpasswd -l -d /etc/passwd 191

Problems with 'emacs -nw'

I just installed Cygwin on my desktop. Everything works OK, except 'emacs -nw'. If I invoke Emacs in a Cygwin terminal as 'emacs -nw', the backspace key behaves like C-h, i.e. the prefix for Emacs' help commands (C-h still behaves like C-h). More bizarrely, when I hit the combination C-x C-c,

Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for x11 forwarding

When I connect from cygwin to a remote host using 'ssh -Y', I get the warning: Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for x11 forwarding How can I fix this? Thanks! kj

xinit vs. startx

I start X in one of two ways from the CL on a Cygwin terminal: via xinit or via startx. (Needing the Cygwin terminal to do this is something I'd like to avoid; see (3) below.) When I start X using xinit, a large window appears that covers the entire screen; it cannot be resized but it can be

Re: xwin produces flickery gray screen; cut/paste

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! I just installed Cygwin, including X, on my Windows2000 workstation. When I execute xwin, I get an awful-looking window, with horizontal gray lines flickering annoyingly across the screen, which is pretty

xwin produces flickery gray screen; cut/paste

between an X application and a Windows application. Do I need to do anything special to get cut paste to work? Thanks! kynn