Subject: Re: Connecting to cygwin ssh is slow

[Shaun Broadbent <shaun at broadbent dot cc>]

I came across the very same thing this morning, ironically for the same
reasons. After deciding ssh was too slow and seeing some dns errors show 
up in the log i went to edit sshd_config to remove dns and found
as you did that I couldn't.

It would seem this was because sshd was running (not that, that makes 
sense). Trying to vi sshd_config would open the file then after a few
seconds stack dump.

Running as administrator I could not take ownership or change ownership 
or permissions of the file via any means (cacls/icacls/right 
click/chmod/chown), also couldn't delete the file (tried unlocker, no 
locks on the file).

It couldn't have been a permissions issue in the true sense as both
the user and Administrator had full permissions on the file.

This all took place after running ssh-host-config for the first time on 
a new box (Windows 7 Beta, cygwin 1.7)

I rebooted the box and sshd_config was gone, I wrote a new one and it
has been fine since.

(and yes it connects a lot faster).

perhaps a reboot is required after creating a new user?



> Well, I'm still stuck. I tried to change UseDNS to 'no', but editing the
> sshd_config file was impossible. The file is owned by cyg_server and even
> the Administrator user can't write to it. I tried to change the file
> permissions and ssh crashed and the service wouldn't start. I changed the
> settings back and still the service couldn't be started. I had to 
reinstall
> the openssh package and now I am back to square 1 again.
>
> How can I edit the sshd_config file? I can't even log in to Windows as
> cyg_server and the su command doesn't let me su to any user (I know 
all the
> passwords).
>
> And what is ident, please? We don't have firewalls on our machines. 
Sniffing
> packets like someone suggested is difficult (for me) but I guess I'll try
> that too.
>
> I really appreciate all of your help so far.
> Thanks.
> Udi.


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