FAQ entry for The CYGWIN sshd service could not be started

2006-04-07 Thread Van Zandt, Jim
When I tried to start sshd, I got the message The CYGWIN sshd service could not be started. The FAQ entry Why don't my services work (or access network shares)? seemed the most applicable, but the suggestions there didn't help. In particular, I couldn't remember whether I had selected

Re: FAQ entry for The CYGWIN sshd service could not be started

2006-04-07 Thread Brian Dessent
Van Zandt, Jim wrote: In that case, simply fix the ownership and/or permissions of those files: chown SYSTEM.Users /etc/ssh_host* chmod 600 /etc/ssh*key chmod 644 /etc/ssh*pub All of this is taken care of for you automatically by ssh-host-config, so this implies that you did

Re: CYGWIN sshd service could not be started

2005-05-04 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On May 3 15:57, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: You probably want to reverse the test, e.g., --- ssh-host-config.orig 2005-05-02 13:09:13.984375000 -0700 +++ ssh-host-config 2005-05-02 13:23:50.640625000 -0700 @@ -583,6 +583,16 @@ chown ${_user}.544 ${LOCALSTATEDIR}/log/sshd.log

Re: CYGWIN sshd service could not be started

2005-05-04 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Wed, 4 May 2005, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On May 3 15:57, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: You probably want to reverse the test, e.g., --- ssh-host-config.orig2005-05-02 13:09:13.984375000 -0700 +++ ssh-host-config 2005-05-02 13:23:50.640625000 -0700 @@ -583,6 +583,16 @@ chown

Re: CYGWIN sshd service could not be started

2005-05-04 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On May 4 09:35, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Wed, 4 May 2005, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On May 3 15:57, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: You probably want to reverse the test, e.g., [...] I'm guessing the above is acceptable? Yes, it is. Thanks. In the future versions, we should also check

Re: CYGWIN sshd service could not be started

2005-05-04 Thread Brian Dessent
Igor Pechtchanski wrote: In the future versions, we should also check for user mounts for the SYSTEM user -- unlikely, but very nasty and hard to detect. I also wonder if the above test should go into configurations for all services, or perhaps even added to cygrunsrv in some form...

Re: CYGWIN sshd service could not be started

2005-05-03 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On May 2 13:25, Brian Dessent wrote: Brian Dessent wrote: (It would probably be a good addition for ssh-host-config to check for user mounts and bail or offer to remount them... this seems to come up a lot.) Here is a patch against ssh-host-config that checks for this. Brian ---

Re: CYGWIN sshd service could not be started

2005-05-03 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On May 2 16:39, Christopher Faylor wrote: I wonder if it would make sense to eliminate the just for me option from setup.exe and just present a screen if setup.exe is not able to install mount points for the whole system. Oh yes, please! Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen

Re: CYGWIN sshd service could not be started

2005-05-03 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On May 3 10:54, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On May 2 13:25, Brian Dessent wrote: Brian Dessent wrote: (It would probably be a good addition for ssh-host-config to check for user mounts and bail or offer to remount them... this seems to come up a lot.) Here is a patch against

Re: CYGWIN sshd service could not be started

2005-05-03 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Tue, 3 May 2005, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On May 3 10:54, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On May 2 13:25, Brian Dessent wrote: Brian Dessent wrote: (It would probably be a good addition for ssh-host-config to check for user mounts and bail or offer to remount them... this seems to

Re: CYGWIN sshd service could not be started

2005-05-03 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Tue, 3 May 2005, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On May 2 16:39, Christopher Faylor wrote: I wonder if it would make sense to eliminate the just for me option from setup.exe and just present a screen if setup.exe is not able to install mount points for the whole system. Oh yes, please! This

Re: CYGWIN sshd service could not be started

2005-05-03 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, May 03, 2005 at 04:01:56PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Tue, 3 May 2005, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On May 2 16:39, Christopher Faylor wrote: I wonder if it would make sense to eliminate the just for me option from setup.exe and just present a screen if setup.exe is not able to install

CYGWIN sshd service could not be started

2005-05-02 Thread Neil Aggarwal
Hello: When I try to run: net start sshd I get this message: The CYGWIN sshd service could not be started. The event viewer has this event: The description for Event ID (0) in Source (sshd) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message

Re: CYGWIN sshd service could not be started

2005-05-02 Thread Brian Dessent
Neil Aggarwal wrote: For Install For, select Just Me This is your problem. You cannot install user mounts and then run system services, otherwise it will not see the mounts. It seems like you might have copied and pasted those steps from some website somewhere. That's precisely the

RE: CYGWIN sshd service could not be started

2005-05-02 Thread Neil Aggarwal
or less! http://newsletter.JAMMConsulting.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Dessent Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 2:01 PM To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: CYGWIN sshd service could not be started Neil Aggarwal wrote

Re: CYGWIN sshd service could not be started

2005-05-02 Thread Brian Dessent
Neil Aggarwal wrote: So, how do I change it to All Users? Just rerun the setup.exe and select the All users option? http://cygwin.com/faq/faq0.html#TOC33 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation:

Re: CYGWIN sshd service could not be started

2005-05-02 Thread Brian Dessent
Brian Dessent wrote: (It would probably be a good addition for ssh-host-config to check for user mounts and bail or offer to remount them... this seems to come up a lot.) Here is a patch against ssh-host-config that checks for this. Brian--- ssh-host-config.orig2005-05-02

Re: CYGWIN sshd service could not be started

2005-05-02 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 01:25:10PM -0700, Brian Dessent wrote: Brian Dessent wrote: (It would probably be a good addition for ssh-host-config to check for user mounts and bail or offer to remount them... this seems to come up a lot.) Here is a patch against ssh-host-config that checks for

RE: CYGWIN sshd service could not be started

2005-05-02 Thread Neil Aggarwal
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Dessent Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 3:17 PM To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: CYGWIN sshd service could not be started Neil Aggarwal wrote: So, how do I change it to All Users? Just rerun