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Re: ssh password


On Thursday 06 May 2004 09:30, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> On Thu, 6 May 2004, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > On Thu, 6 May 2004, David Corbin wrote:
> > > I'm very confused.  When ssh to cygwin sshd, how does it try to match
> > > the password?
> >
> > It doesn't.  It delegates to Windows.
>
> Upon re-reading the above, I realized that you didn't clarify which
> Windows version you were asking about.  IIRC, on Win9x the passwords can
> be "crypt"ed into /etc/passwd directly.  On WinNT/2k/XP, the
> authentication is delegated to the OS.
> 	Igor

Well, I'm dealing with a WIN2K Pro box that is part of a Domain.  However, my 
password will not work.

David

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