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Re: "Illegal User" logging into sshd


Ack... ok, I must have changed something to doing the right thing since the
last time I tried ps -e, I see what I need to see now ;)  Thanks, that answers
one problem.  I am trying to see what I can come up with as far as modifying
how cygwin handles the /etc/passwd file, as per Corinna's suggestion...

Yes a patch will be forthcoming, if it works ;)

On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Gerrit P. Haase wrote:

> > Prentis Brooks schrieb am 2001-07-31 10:43:
>
> > Ok, I finally pinpointed the problem, but I don't like my solution.
> >
> > Basically, it appears that sshd is not recognizing any changes to /etc/passwd
> > since it started.  To solve this I had to connect to the host and stop all
> > instances of sshd then restart clean, not pretty and not viable if I want to
> > script changes to the passwd files across a farm.  Is there another way to
> > get sshd to review the files, will it accept a kill -HUP and if so, how can
> > I send the hup, since I can't get the pid from within an ssh session (or is
> > there a way I haven't found yet?)
>
> The problem is, if you're in a session, there are two sshd processes
> running:
>
>
> Gerrit@ISMENE ~
> $ ssh ismene
> Enter passphrase for key '/home/Gerrit/.ssh/id_rsa':
> Last login: Mon Jul 30 09:05:44 2001 from ismene.192.168.5.5
> Fanfare!!!
> You are successfully logged in to this server!!!
>
> Gerrit@ISMENE ~
> $ ps -e
>       259     221     259        254    3 11002 16:11:39 /usr/bin/ssh
>       258       1     116        258    ?   18 16:11:40 /usr/sbin/sshd
>       146     279     279        137    ?   18 16:13:48 /usr/sbin/sshd
>
>
> BUT, you can see at the time row how long each process is running
> and so you know what the parent is.
>
> If you do '$ cygrunsrv -E sshd' your session will be stopped and
> you are still logged in at the child sshd.
>
> $ cygrunsrv -E sshd
> $ ps -e | grep ssh
>       259     221     259        254    3 11002 16:11:39 /usr/bin/ssh
>       258       1     116        258    ?   18 16:11:40 /usr/sbin/sshd
>
>
> Then you may change whatever is needed and restart the *service*
>
> $ cygrunsrv -S sshd
> $ ps -e | grep ssh
>       259     221     259        254    3 11002 16:11:39 /usr/bin/ssh
>       258       1     116        258    ?   18 16:11:40 /usr/sbin/sshd
>       223     115     115        253    ?   18 16:16:16 /usr/sbin/sshd
>
> I hope it works, but i am not in the position to give a guarantee for that:-)
>
> gph
>
>
>

Prentis Brooks	| prentis@aol.net | 703-265-0914 | AIM: PrentisB
System Administrator - Web Infrastructure & Security

       A knight is sworn to valor.  His heart knows only virtue.  His blade
       defends the helpless.  His word speaks only truth.  His wrath undoes the
       wicked. - the old code of Bowen, last of the dragonslayers


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