Re: 1.7.0-51: Problem using ssh public/private key authentication

["Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin dot com>]

On 12/24/2009 07:55 AM, THW Mark wrote:
> Renà Berber-2 wrote:
> > Michael H. wrote:
> >
> > > $ cygrunsrv -E sshd
> > > $ /usr/sbin/sshd -ddde
> >
> > And there you are creating the problem... or another problem: the
> > service runs as a special user, when you run it yourself its running as
> > your user so, if it works, that means you have permissions set to run as
> > your user not the service user.  Did that made sense? or I managed to
> > make something simple into some obscure fact.
>
> I can confirm that running sshd as a local user indeed works. (for a one
> time connection). So, the solution must be with access rights to one or more
> files. Suggestions are very welcome here..

In order to get this working, you'll need to undo what you have done.  You can
either:

  1. Audit ssh-host-config and ssh-user-config to reset all the permissions 
and
     state back to the default.

  2. Remove Cygwin and reinstall, running ssh-host-config and ssh-user-config
     once "openssh" has been installed and after reading /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/
     openssh*.  If that doesn't work, then before fiddling, read and follow 
the
     problem reporting guidelines found at the link below to report the issue
     here.  Then someone here may be able to help you track down the
     problem.

     <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>

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