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Re: XP and sshd PW


At 08:46 PM 9/19/2004, you wrote:

>excuse me if this is an old or easily answered question but I have tried a few 
>things and am running out of time.
>
>Scenario:
>
>I have a a mini-ITX system that is remote and connected via 802.11b wireless
>
>It boots into XP pro without any password on power up
>
>I have sshd coming up OK via net start sshd in startup folder
>
>I can manipulate apps via realVNC but would like to use ssh and scp for some 
>things
>
>the problem is that things like ssh admin@miniitx fail because of the lack of 
>password on the admin account.
>
>What am I missing...


Proper configuration of your '/etc/sshd_config' file for one. ;-)
By default, 'sshd' does not allow empty passwords on any password 
authenticated access.  If you want to allow this, you need to make
changes to permit it.  Edit your '/etc/sshd_config' file, uncomment
the line that says 'PermitEmptyPasswords no', and change 'no' to 'yes'.
Note that this is a less secure configuration.

Really, this isn't a Cygwin-specific issue.  Any source on OpenSSH would
give you this information.  So, if you have a follow-up question on this,
please check to make sure that the problem is specific to Cygwin if at all
possible.  And certainly check OpenSSH docs and other resources first.



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