1.7 sshd - Alternative for cyg_server account?

2010-05-17 Thread Greg Fury
Excuse me for my lack of Windows security knowledge. I'm getting some pushback from our Windows admins while trying to implement sshd (1.7) on Windows server 2003. They are concerned about the cyg_server account being a local administrator. Saying it's another account that could be compromised,

Re: 1.7.1: problem with public key authentication on domain accounts

2010-01-11 Thread Greg Fury
On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Thomas Nisbach wrote: > Here is my SOLUTION and what I additionally found: > Using LSA-package (running cyglsa-config script and reboot) is (the only?) > solution (Larry recommended, too)! > I read Corinna's message (also linked by CYGWIN User's Guide, > http://cy

Re: Why you can't load ws2_32.dll (was Re: Can't use key authentication on x64 Server 2003 R2)

2010-01-08 Thread Greg Fury
Just wondering why this worked under 1.5 ? -Greg On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Jan  7 14:33, Greg Fury wrote: >> [...] >> -  Domain user that is a local administrator AND has the local >> administrator as primary group in /etc/pas

Re: Why you can't load ws2_32.dll (was Re: Can't use key authentication on x64 Server 2003 R2)

2010-01-08 Thread Greg Fury
Thank you for the quick and comprehensive response!  When troubleshooting Windows, I feel like I have blinders on.  Thanks for opening my eyes. I will give this technique a try. -Greg On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > > > linux$ ssh u...@host1-w2k3 pwd > >      20 [ma

Problem with ssh key authentication [1.7]

2010-01-08 Thread Greg Fury
I tried to post this as response to another thread, but it never showed up. Please excuse if it's a duplicate. I've seen others with similar issues on Win 2003 . Cygwin 1.5 works fine.  I was hoping to deploy 1.7 for some ssh integration with my unix hosts, rather than install 1.5 which is now c

Re: Can't use key authentication on x64 Server 2003 R2

2010-01-07 Thread Greg Fury
I've got a very similar issue on a 32-bit win 2003 32-bit machine. Cygwin 1.5 works fine. I was hoping to deploy 1.7 for some ssh integration with my unix hosts, rather than install 1.5 which is now considered a "legacy" package. Fresh install of Cygwin 1.7 Only additional packages installed are