SSH service on Windows Base Image

[Ryan Johnson <rj...@gwmail.gwu.edu>]

I am trying to complete the instructions for Installing and configuring
cygwin sshd, part of the instructions for creating a Windows base image.  I
do not think I quite understand how the permissions should be set up.
 Before running the *cygwin-sshd-config.sh* script I had mapped the root
user in the /etc/passwd file to the current Administrator account I was
logged in as.  I then logged into cygwin as root and ran the *
cygwin-sshd-config.sh *script which took me through the process of creating
the privileged user cyg_server.  Ultimately I get the error 'The service did
not start due to a logon failure'.  Also the script seems to overwrite the
root entry I placed in the passwd file.  Any clarification as to the
permissions would be greatly appreciated.


Ryan Johnson
Academic Technologies
George Washington University

Re: SSH service on Windows Base Image

[Andy Kurth <an...@ncsu.edu>]

This is correct.  There needs to be a user named root which is a member of the 
Administrators group.  Anything Cygwin-related should be done while logged in to 
Windows as root.  I would not manually alter the passwd file.  The 
cygwin-sshd-config.sh does this for you.  It regenerates both the /etc/group and 
/etc/passwd files based on the Windows accounts that exist on the computer.

Also, when you create the root account you should configure the 
WINDOWS_ROOT_PASSWORD line in /etc/vcl/vcld.conf.

Hope this helps,
Andy

On 2/19/2010 3:09 PM, David Marchevsky wrote:
> Ryan,
>
> You can fix this issue by creating a user on the virtual machine (windows)
> called root. Make sure to give it a strong password, though.
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Ryan Johnson<rj...@gwmail.gwu.edu>wrote:
>
>> I am trying to complete the instructions for Installing and configuring
>> cygwin sshd, part of the instructions for creating a Windows base image.  I
>> do not think I quite understand how the permissions should be set up.
>>   Before running the *cygwin-sshd-config.sh* script I had mapped the root
>> user in the /etc/passwd file to the current Administrator account I was
>> logged in as.  I then logged into cygwin as root and ran the *
>> cygwin-sshd-config.sh *script which took me through the process of creating
>> the privileged user cyg_server.  Ultimately I get the error 'The service
>> did
>> not start due to a logon failure'.  Also the script seems to overwrite the
>> root entry I placed in the passwd file.  Any clarification as to the
>> permissions would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>
>> Ryan Johnson
>> Academic Technologies
>> George Washington University
>>
>
>
>

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Andy Kurth
Virtual Computing Lab
Office of Information Technology
North Carolina State University
andy_kurth@ncsu.edu
919.513.4090

Re: SSH service on Windows Base Image

[David Marchevsky <da...@gwmail.gwu.edu>]

Ryan,

You can fix this issue by creating a user on the virtual machine (windows)
called root. Make sure to give it a strong password, though.

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Ryan Johnson <rj...@gwmail.gwu.edu>wrote:

> I am trying to complete the instructions for Installing and configuring
> cygwin sshd, part of the instructions for creating a Windows base image.  I
> do not think I quite understand how the permissions should be set up.
>  Before running the *cygwin-sshd-config.sh* script I had mapped the root
> user in the /etc/passwd file to the current Administrator account I was
> logged in as.  I then logged into cygwin as root and ran the *
> cygwin-sshd-config.sh *script which took me through the process of creating
> the privileged user cyg_server.  Ultimately I get the error 'The service
> did
> not start due to a logon failure'.  Also the script seems to overwrite the
> root entry I placed in the passwd file.  Any clarification as to the
> permissions would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
> Ryan Johnson
> Academic Technologies
> George Washington University
>



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