Re: sshd error "seteuid: No such device or address"

[David Dombrowsky <6thstreetradio at gmail dot com>]

On 3/12/19 5:30 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> Was that the correct solution?  Is that expected?  This windows box is
>> on a domain, so that might have something to do with it.
> 
> Just switch the account sshd is running under from "cyg_server" to
> SYSTEM (or "LocalSystem") and you should be able to logon without the
> passwd -R method again.
> 
> This is a side effect of changing how Cygwin switches the user
> context by default.  See
> 
> https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-nopasswd1

If I'm reading this correctly, using the SYSTEM account will deny access
to user-level shares.  Using the cyg_server account (or another service
account) will allow access, but requires a password stored in the
registry.

For me, this is acceptable risk since this is a single user machine and
the administrators of the domain already know my domain password :)


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