Jeremy, I don't know who you are, but I don't feel uncomfortable saying I love you. Thank you so much for the help, cleared the issue right up.
Jeremy Bopp-3 wrote: > > On 5/6/2011 12:54, Metroshica wrote: >> >> I have recently written a script in Windows Server Edition 2008 that >> SSHes >> into a few linux servers, and then uses SCP to copy a file out of them. >> The >> issue I'm having is with SSH keys getting set up, and cygwin trying to >> create a .ssh directory in the C:/ directory, instead of where cygwin is >> located. > > Check to make sure that you don't have the HOME environment variable > configured to C:. If it is, you need to remove it just in case, but you > may try adding it back once you get things working. Next, you need to > check that the user account used to run scp has an entry in the > /etc/passwd file within the Cygwin installation: > > grep ^the_user: /etc/passwd > > That won't output anything if the_user does not have an entry in that > file. Otherwise, you'll see the record for the_user. If you see such a > record, take a look at the path that appears between the last and second > to last colons in the line. That path is the home directory that Cygwin > programs such as the SSH tools will use. Set it to a Cygwin-style path > that points to the proper location. > > If the grep command doesn't output anything, you can add an appropriate > entry by running the following from the bash shell: > > mkpasswd -u the_user -d >>/etc/passwd > > If the account is *not* a domain account, use this instead: > > mkpasswd -u the_user -l >>/etc/passwd > > These changes should correct the issue by allowing the SSH family of > programs to correctly find the user's home directory as configured under > Cygwin. > >> I'm running this program through the standard windows command >> prompt, not cygwin's shell, as it is an automated process, and I don't >> know >> how to automatically run a program in cygwin. Anyone know how I can >> change >> the home directory to be C:/cygwin/home/user instead of the base C:/ dir, >> or >> anyone know how to automatically run a script in cygwin? Thanks for the >> help. > > You should be fine with running things directly from Windows programs, > including the command prompt, unless you need extra environment settings > provided by Cygwin to login shells. Since you're otherwise running > things successfully apparently, don't worry about changing this part. > > -Jeremy > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Issue-with-SCP-and-SSH-on-Windows-7-tp31561012p31562709.html Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
