Florian Mosleh wrote: > Hello, > > I've just resolved an issue I had with public key authentication for ssh > in cygwyn. I needed to automate an rsync pull from a box running cygwyn. > The client is an antiquated redhat system. I was unable to successfully > execute remote commands after authenticating with a keypair. I was > finally able to resolve the issue by running the sshd service as the > user used for authenticating the ssh session and chowning various ssh > related files to the user (notably /var/log/sshd.log). I'd like to > recommend more documentation on this issue. It had a relatively simple > fix which, nonetheless, eluded me for several days.
This is part of the FAQ, though all the nitty-gritty isn't there for "recovering" from running it as a privileged user (SYSTEM, sshd_server, etc). It is in the email archives though (exact pointer left as an exercise for the reader ;-) ).: <http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.using.shares> > If you have an alternate recommendation that better conforms to best > practices, please let me know. The ssh-host-config script spews various > useful bits of knowledge. Something along the lines of "For possible > issues with public key authentication please see <file>" might be nice. For the upcoming Cygwin 1.7, there is an authentication module that will make the above gyrations unnecessary. If you're interested in investigating this, grab a snapshot <http://cygwin.com/snapshots/> and read the thread: <http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-developers/2006-07/msg00013.html> -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/
