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Re: troubles with sshd and Microsoft devenv's .rsp files


On 2010-03-26 19:31, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> On 3/26/2010 6:53 PM, Alec Kloss wrote:
> >I'm using a fresh installation of cygwin 1.7.2 on a fresh install
> >of Windows Server 2003.
> >
> >I'm having an issue where the temporary .rsp files created by
> >devenv.exe are created without read permission.  This causes the

[chop]

> Sounds like the same old problem that kept VS from running correctly in
> a ssh session.  I don't recall allot of the details but at least some
> of the problem was caused by VS thinking it was running as the service
> provider instead of your user.  If that's the problem here, you should
> try using password authentication or look at one of the latter two
> options detailed here:
> 
> <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-setuid-overview>
> 
> You can check the email archives for more details on VS misbehaving
> under ssh.

Logging in using a password rather than SSH key authentication
works, and running /usr/bin/cyglsa-config (and rebooting) also
works.  Thanks very much Larry.

I did look through the archive and general Internet search results
without much success today;  perhaps a faq entry somewhere would be
helpful, or perhaps these posts will serve as a warning to others?  

And why is cyglsa-config not recommended by default?

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