On Apr 12 14:26, michael_mo...@non.agilent.com wrote: > Version is 1.7.12 > > ssh-host-config -y was the command I apologize for pasting/posting > misinformation. > > "* Warning: Creating the user 'cyg_server' failed! Reason: > System error 5 has occurred. > > Access is denied.
This happens if you're running the script as normal user or in a non-elevated shell. The script obviously needs admin permissions to create user accounts and/or services. > I did a new install. One other upgraded openssh and reversed it. The > version he is running is somewhere between the legacy and the current. > 1.7.5 works, 1.7.7 works, 1.7.10 fails on > > $ hg clone ssh://... > > And 1.7.12 will NOT run sshd on our configurations of Win7 Enterprise, nor > will ssh(1) do anything with > > $ ssh -F <some config file> > Or appear to get info from the usual locations.... > > michmoor(at)5CB2024JR8 ~ > $ ssh gene3 > michmoor(at)gene3's password: > > michmoor(at)5CB2024JR8 ~ > $ ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa gene3 > Enter passphrase for key '/home/michmoor/.ssh/id_rsa': > > So ssh(1) isn't even reading the default identity file, unless forced. ssh does not honor the $HOME variable, it uses the info from /etc/passwd. Is your home dir in /etc/passwd set to /home/michmoor? Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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
