ERROR: There was a serious problem creating a privileged user.

[Brian Inglis]

On 2018-05-22 09:24, Nuzhna Pomoshch via cygwin wrote:
> On Tue, 5/22/18, Marco Atzeri <marco.atzeri@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/21/2018 11:53 PM, Nuzhna Pomoshch via cygwin wrote:
>>> Trying to configure ssh.
>>> Followed guides found on the internet (pretty much all the same).
>>> The problem comes when the script tries to create the user:
>>> *** Query: Create new privileged user account 'HOST\cyg_server' (Cygwin name 'host cyg_server')? (yes/no) yes
>>> *** Info: Please enter a password for new user host+cyg_server. Please be sure
>>> *** Info: that this password matches the password rules given on your system.
>>> *** Info: Entering no password will exit the configuration.
>>> *** Query: Please enter the password:
>>> *** Query: Reenter:
>>> *** Info: User 'host+cyg_server' has been created with password 'password'.
>>> *** Info: If you change the password, please remember also to change the
>>> *** Info: password for the installed services which use (or will soon use)
>>> *** Info: the 'host+cyg_server' account.
>>> passwd: unknown user host+cyg_server
>>> *** Warning: Setting password expiry for user 'host+cyg_server' failed!
>>> *** Warning: Please check that password never expires or set it ot your needs.
>>> No user or group 'host+cyg_server known.
>>> *** Warning: Assigning the appropriate privileges to user 'host+cyg_server' failed!
>>> *** ERROR: There was a serious problem creating a privileged user.
>>> *** Query: Do you want ot proceed anyway? (yes/no)
>> It seems you miss the needed permission.
>> Has your user admin privilege on the 'host' ?
>> what system is ?
> Yes, I ran the cygwin shell as administrator, and I
> noticed (since it was the first time I had done that)
> all of the files created in the home directory.
> The system is Windows 7, 64-bit.

Try setting up the cygserver service and creating the account with
/bin/cygserver-config before setting up sshd with /bin/ssh-host-config.

If you're going to run Cygwin services, multiple sessions, or many processes,
especially in a domain, cygserver reduces the overhead.

If you still have problems, run cygcheck -hrsv and attach the output to a reply
post.

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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