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Re: problems with ssh
That did the trick - thanks a million.
Rob.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vince Hoffman" <vince dot hoffman at uk dot circle dot com>
To: "Rob Siklos" <rob2 at siklos dot ca>; <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: problems with ssh
> hmm which user is the service running as ? if it is running as SYSTEM (the
> default) then "chmod system /etc/ssh*" and see if that helps.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rob Siklos" <rob2 at siklos dot ca>
> To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 6:05 PM
> Subject: problems with ssh
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am using the latest cygwin modules from the installer. I have had
> cygwin
> > set up and working nicely for some time now, but today i just noticed
that
> > sshd wasn't working anymore.
> >
> > Originally, I had it set up so that sshd ran under inetd (by
uncommenting
> > the line in inetd.conf). When it's set up this way, I always get
> > "Permission Denied" after I enter my password. I'm pretty sure the user
> > system is set up correctly, since I can log in using telnet without any
> > problems.
> >
> > I tried running sshd as an independant service, however I can't get the
> > service to start. I get the following in the log:
> >
> > --- BEGIN /var/log/sshd.log ---
> > Could not load host key: /etc/ssh_host_key
> > Could not load host key: /etc/ssh_host_rsa_key
> > Could not load host key: /etc/ssh_host_dsa_key
> > Disabling protocol version 1. Could not load host key
> > Disabling protocol version 2. Could not load host key
> > sshd: no hostkeys available -- exiting.
> > --- END /var/log/sshd.log ---
> >
> > I reinstalled cygwin and re-generated the host keys, but it still
doesn't
> > work. The files DO exist, and have the following permissions:
> > -rw------- 1 rsiklos Administ 672 Apr 9 12:36 ssh_host_dsa_key
> > -rw------- 1 rsiklos Administ 529 Apr 9 12:35 ssh_host_key
> > -rw------- 1 rsiklos Administ 887 Apr 9 12:35 ssh_host_rsa_key
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas or advice?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Rob.
> >
> >
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