On Oct 6 06:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Urgh! SYSTEM is the account sshd is running under. Don't remove that. > > Various Guest/System accounts that weren't the SYSTEM account, I removed > IUSR_MOTHER and IWAM_MOTHER, the ASP.NET user etc.
Ah, ok. That makes it clearer. > Without an entry in the cygwin passwd file a user with a valid windows > login can not authenticate into cygwin. > > Was this wrong? I just jumped up when I read the word "system". I'd remove only additional accounts which are not used anyway (as the above noted IUSR_foo accounts). Personally I'm in favor of keeping these accounts in the file and just do one or many of - Disable the account in the Windows user management console - Set the login shell in /etc/passwd to /bin/false - Use the AllowUsers and DenyUsers entries in sshd_config Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- 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/
