can't run cygrunsrv -S sshd : win32 error 1058

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

Yohann Rebattu wrote:
> The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because
> it has no enabled devices associated with it.The service cannot be
> started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled
> devices associated with it.
> 
> to get here i fallowed the aboves steps:
> 
> run ms-dos command line windows
> type: change user /install
> 
> install cygwin with all admin tools, openssh openssl tcp wrapper, vim,
> rsync.
> 
> then run ssh-host-config.
> 
> here i notice the fisrt odd thing: the sshd user is created but
> disabled.
> the cygwin ssh service is created.
> 
> then i run cygrunsrv -S sshd
> and i got the error.
> 
> i didn't dare just activate sshd user because:
> 1) last time i did this it didn't correct the error
> 2) i just reinstall cygwin, "from scratch" (i ran cygrunsrv -R sshd,
> then i deleted the entire e:\cygwin directory, and i deleted the entries
> HKEY-LOCAL-MACHINE/Software cygnus solution and
> HKEY/local-user/software/cygnus solution before to reinstall cygwin)
> 
> and so i still get the error.
> please help me, i really don't know what to do more know, 
> is there a spécial way to activate the user sshd?
> doe someone know why the sshd user have been created disabled?
> 
> i'm a bit disapointed because since my first installation where i didn't
> know what to do to set the ssh server up, i did install cygwin on 3
> other servers with no problem, and on this particular one it doesn't
> seems to work, could it be because it is a W2k server and the others
> were W2k3 windows server?


Maybe.  I suggest enabling the sshd user first.  If that doesn't work,
modify the ssh-host-config script to create a user to run 'sshd' as,
which is what happens on W2K3.


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