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Re: sshd install problems | WinXP Pro system


Evan Cooch wrote:

>> > 2. modifed the env variables by adding a variable named CYGWIN with
>> > value  ntsec tty
>>
>> Not necessary.
> 
> Then why is it specified in
> http://pigtail.net/LRP/printsrv/cygwin-sshd.html
> 
>> > 3. added c:\cygwin\bin to the PATH
>>
>> Not necessary.
> 
> As above - if not, then why specify it in
> http://pigtail.net/LRP/printsrv/cygwin-sshd.html

That page is made by somebody that is not in the Cygwin team, it may be correct
or not (the points marked as "not necessary" by Thorsten are really not
necessary but they don't interfere) but you are asking the Cygwin list not the
author of that page, so:

Follow the instructions in C:\Cygwin\usr\share\doc\Cygwin\openssh.README, that
is the official documentation.

Other than that, look at your event log and see if there is any further
information about the failed service startup.

You mention "host-ssh-config", is that a typo? the script is named
"ssh-host-config".  Its failure is very strange, perhaps you have a corrupted
installation, you are not using text mode, are you? (in setup you have to select
if Cygwin is installed for all users or not, text- or bin-mode, best results are
with "for all" and "binmode (a.k.a. Unix)").

You should run ssh-host-config in debug mode (i.e. ssh-host-config -d) and see
what was the last thing it did, why did it exit? was there an error message?

HTH
-- 
René Berber


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