On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 4:21 PM Marco Atzeri via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
> On 17.06.2020 20:46, Raman Gupta via Cygwin wrote: > > Hello all, for some reason I've started having troubles with cygwin sshd, > > despite having successfully used it for years. Not sure if some recent > > Windows updates broke it or something, but now I'm getting the infamous: > > > > sshd: PID 1855: fatal: seteuid 1049703: No such device or address > > > > I believe I've followed all the advice given on this list over the years > > regarding this error: > > > > * installed cygwin 64-bit (this fixed it for a while, but now its broken > > again) > > * uninstalled the service, and reinstalled with ssh-host-config > > * verified all permissions on home, .ssh, and authorized_keys files are > > correct (and configuring in non-strict mode doesn't work either anyway) > > * running the service as Local System (as installed by recent versions of > > ssh-host-config) > > * updated to the latest openssh version available (this also fixed it > for a > > while, but then it broke again) > > * removing any /etc/password or /etc/group files > > * removing any value for CYGWIN environment variable > > > > $ cygcheck -c openssh > > Cygwin Package Information > > Package Version Status > > openssh 8.3p1-1 OK > > > > What's very odd is that, recently, I seem to be able to get it to work > with > > various approaches (see above), it works for a while, and then it borks > > again. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Regards, > > Raman > > -- > > Corporate computer with continuous reset of corporate policy ? > I had such experience in the past. > > please provide the cygcheck.out as ATTACHMENT > see https://cygwin.com/problems.html It is a Windows domain, but I manage the domain and AFAIK there is no such policy / reset mechanism. Oddly enough, a reboot seems to have "fixed" it, at least for now. I wonder if the previous "fixes" were more about reboots as opposed to actual configuration changes as well... If it works fine, and then randomly breaks until a reboot, what might be the cause of that? Regards, Raman -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
