ssh-host-config requires cygminires.dll

[a12]

Hello Igor,

/usr/share/doc/Cygwin/openssh.README states:
If you start sshd as deamon via cygrunsrv.exe you MUST give the
"-D" option to sshd. Otherwise the service can't get started at all.

chown SYSTEM /etc/ssh_host*_key
chmod 600 /etc/ssh_host*_key
solved my problem.

Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

>On Wed, 29 Sep 2004, a12 wrote:
>
>
>>Hello again,
>>
>>Following your hint, I checked /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/openssh.README, and
>>entered:
>>
>>ssh-host-config -y
>>ssh-user-config -y
>>cygrunsrv -S sshd
>>yielded:
>>cygrunsrv: Error starting a service: QueryServiceStatus: Win32 error 1062:
>>The service has not been started.
>>
>>I have also tried:
>>cygrunsrv -S -D sshd
>>with the following response:
>>cygrunsrv: trailing commandline argument not allowed
>>and:
>>cygrunsrv -D -S sshd
>>cygrunsrv: unknown option -- D
>>
>
>And where did you find this particular command?  Cygrunsrv indeed doesn't
>have a -D option -- you probably meant to pass that to sshd (which you
>should have done in the "cygrunsrv --install" line, and which
>ssh-host-config should do anyway).
>
>
>>Here are the contents of /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.
>>
>
>You may want to check that this is new.  Delete /var/log/sshd.log (you may
>need to take ownership of it first), and let the sshd service create it
>anew.
>
>
>>Windows Applications Log contains the following entries: Cannot find a
>>description for event ID 0 in the source sshd. The local computer does
>>not have necessary register information or message DLL files required to
>>show messages from a remote computer. More information: sshd : PID 660 :
>>starting service `sshd' failed: execv: 1, Operation not permitted.
>>
>                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>Ah, well, there's your clue.  One of the executables (and remember, DLLs
>in Windows are technically executables too) probably doesn't have the
>right permissions.  I suggest checking:
>
>a) the user mounts for the "SYSTEM" user (there shouldn't be any)
>b) the system mounts (they should exist)
>c) the permissions on /usr/sbin/sshd and all the DLLs it needs (they
>   should be executable by all)
>d) the permissions on /usr, /usr/sbin, /usr/bin, and all the directories
>   containing the DLLs that sshd needs (again, should be executable by
>   all)
>
>If none of the above helps, please try starting sshd from the command line
>in a SYSTEM-owned bash shell (search the list archives for "sysbash").
>	Igor
>
>
>>Windows System Log contains the following entries:
>>The service CYGWIN sshd ended unexpectedly. It has done 1 time(s). The
>>following action will be done in 0 milliseconds. No action.
>>
>>Any new hints ?
>>
>>Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, a12 wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hello Igor,
>>>>
>>>>Pardon me for my ignorance about not ataching the cygcheck output.
>>>>
>>>>I have run Cygwin setup.exe once again, and fetched & installed
>>>>minires and the new versions of openssh/openssl.
>>>>The following ssh-host-config -y ended OK, so I tried to start the sshd
>>>>service:
>>>>cygrunsrv -S sshd
>>>>and got the same error as before:
>>>>cygrunsrv: Error starting a service: QueryServiceStatus: Win32 error 1062:
>>>>The service has not been started.
>>>>
>>>>Any hints ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Yes, three:
>>>
>>>/usr/share/doc/Cygwin/openssh.README
>>>/var/log/sshd.log
>>>The Windows Event log
>>>
>>>One of the above should contain clues as to what went wrong.
>>>	Igor
>>>
>>>
>>>>Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, a12 wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hello Cygwin users,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I have installed openssl and openssh. Host configuration with:
>>>>>>cd /bin
>>>>>>ssh-host-config -y
>>>>>>tells me about missing cygminires.dll
>>>>>>Thereafter the configuration continues:
>>>>>>[snip]
>>>>>>Host configuration finished. Have fun!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Then I start the sshd service:
>>>>>>cygrunsrv -S sshd
>>>>>>which errors off with:
>>>>>>cygrunsrv: Error starting a service: QueryServiceStatus: Win32 error
>>>>>>1062:
>>>>>>The service has not been started.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Where do I find cygminires.dll ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>As always, the Cygwin package search page at
>>>>><http://cygwin.com/packages> has the answer.  Install the
>>>>>"minires" package.
>>>>>
>>>>>However, you shouldn't have to, because openssh requires minires
>>>>>anyway. Did you, by chance, unselect it when you installed openssh
>>>>>via setup? In general, it's a *bad* idea to unselect anything
>>>>>setup chooses to automatically install, unless you know exactly
>>>>>what you're doing.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>How do I make cygrunsrv to start sshd correctly ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>The two problems are most likely related.  Install "minires" and
>>>>>try again.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Belows follows output from 'cygcheck -svr':
>>>>>>
>>>>>For the future, please include this output as an *attachment*, not
>>>>>inline
>>>>>as you did, as requested in <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>.
>>>>>	Igor
>>>>>
>


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