System: Microsoft Windows XP PRO [Version 5.1.2600] SP3 ****************************PROBLEM ************************************ ran into a situation this morning where the service would not start, this is a fresh install. $ cygrunsrv --start sshd cygrunsrv: Error starting a service: QueryServiceStatus: Win32 error 1062: The service has not been started. the event logs shows "The following information is part of the event: sshd: PID 4140: starting service `' failed: redirect_fd: open (1, /var/log/sshd.log): 13, Permission denied." The permission for the file was set to read-only. $ ls -l /var/log total 108 -rw-r--r-- 1 SYSTEM root 0 Sep 30 19:19 lastlog -rwxr-x---+ 1 Administrator Users 45610 Oct 9 03:14 setup.log -rwxr-x---+ 1 Administrator Users 58543 Oct 9 03:14 setup.log.full -r--r--r-- 1 SYSTEM root 0 Oct 25 2007 sshd.log *************************************SOLUTION*************************************** Change permission to write for owner and group and the service started without error. geo...@ghana ~ $ chmod 664 /var/log/sshd.log geo...@ghana ~ $ ls -l /var/log total 108 -rw-r--r-- 1 SYSTEM root 0 Sep 30 19:19 lastlog -rwxr-x---+ 1 Administrator Users 45610 Oct 9 03:14 setup.log -rwxr-x---+ 1 Administrator Users 58543 Oct 9 03:14 setup.log.full -rw-rw-r-- 1 SYSTEM root 0 Oct 25 2007 sshd.log geo...@ghana ~ $ cygrunsrv --start sshd geo...@ghana ~ $
Please update your documentation so others can be aware of the permissions problem with the log file. george
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