cygsshd fails due to bad ownership or modes of /cygdrive/c/Users

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Feb  7 20:23, ASSI via Cygwin wrote:
> Frank-Ulrich Sommer via Cygwin writes:
> > I'm trying to run cygsshd on my PC with Windows 11 and connect from a
> > linux machine. I have added the public key to
> > /cygdrive/c/Users/xxx/.ssh/authorized_keys and created a symbolic link
> > from  /cygdrive/c/Users/xxx/.ssh to /home/xxx/.ssh. As usual I checked
> > the access rights and mode of the .ssh directory (700 and belongs to
> > user xxx) and the authorized_keys file (600 and also belongs to user
> > xxx) and also of the home directory (had to change ownership).
> 
> Just bind mount instead of symlinking .ssh and everything should work.

Assuming you have installed CYgwin under your own account, that's even
better than utilizing "StrictModes"


Corinna