Sounds like a strange problem, but I'd try this first: /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/openssh.README
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, Matthew McGillis wrote: > I have installed the latest and greatest cygwin and sshd on a Small > Business Windows Server 2003. Everything works great on the console > and ssh'ing in and out works fine. However once I access the web > server running on the box anyone sshd in will no longer be able to > run anything that creates a child process. All cygwin functionality > from the console still works fine. I can look at the processes and > see srvc sshd and shells all running under SYSTEM. > Oops! ^ > Once it gets into > this state no additional connections to sshd can be made. The service > can be stopped but starting it back up will not allow it to accept > connections. > > The only thing I have found that will get the sshd to respond again > is to shut the server down and restart at which time it will again > work great until someone accesses the web server. > > If anyone is interested in this problem and would like additional > information I'm happy to try what ever would help someone to look at > it closer. > -- Brian Ford Senior Realtime Software Engineer VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems FlightSafety International Phone: 314-551-8460 Fax: 314-551-8444 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
