SSHd configuration problems (System error 1376)

[Andrey Repin]

Greetings, PolarStorm!

> So to summarize, the following issues have not been addressed:

> (a) The user "sshd" user account password expires after 42 days.

This is your system policy. Never had such issues myself.

> (b) The user is not part of "Administrator" group, severely limiting its
> usability.

It shouldn't.

> (c) An artificial 3rd user is still needed to be able to login remotely
> using SSH,
>      if the "regular" Cygwin Windows user have chosen not tu have a
> passworkd.

This is an operating system restriction, as far as I know.

> (d) The error messages are incomprehensible.

Which error messages?

> (e) The text "Query: Enter the value of CYGWIN for the daemon: []" is
> incomprehensible

On this, I have to agree.

> For everybody convenience, to fix the password expiration (a), use this
> line:

> $ wmic useraccount where "Name='sshd'" set PasswordExpires=FALSE

> (The extra quotes there are crucial!)

> Happy Holiday Wishes!

> # CYGWIN_NT-6.3 xxxx 1.7.33-2(0.280/5/3) 2014-11-13 15:47 x86_64 Cygwin

Is this 8.1 ?


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WBR,
Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@yandex.ru) 13.12.2014, <15:23>

Sorry for my terrible english...


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