Re: [ssh-l]

are you super sure the sshd is runing.
i had to reinstall it like 3 time on my last install.

delmar watkins wrote:

> yeah, i set the account name to 'admin' as per the
> instructions on the "setting up cygwin" page. All of
> my users are lower-case characters (dw, admin, admins,
> etc.).
>
> So, when i tried 'ssh -l Administrator' or even 'ssh
> -l admin', I couldn't log in. Should I set the names
> back to Administrator?
>
> Also, i have a dw account both in win2k and in the
> /etc/groups file... but it won't let me into that
> acocunt either (it dumps me out after the MOTD).
>
> Needless to say, the second command, 'mkpasswd -l >
> /etc/passwd' didn't work, either.
>
> --- george henry <henryg@yahoo-inc.com> wrote:
> > account names have to be the same
> > safe way to test is
> > ssh -l Administrator <cygwinhostname>
> >
> > if that works
> >
> > use the admin tools on the xp box
> > and setup an account with the EXACT same name as
> > your account on the
> > unix system.
> >
> > then run on the cygwin host
> > mkpasswd -l > /etc/passwd
> >
>
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