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RE: 1.3.12-4: editing /etc/passwd causes ssh to fail
- From: "Harig, Mark A." <maharig at idirect dot net>
- To: "Randall R Schulz" <rrschulz at cris dot com>,<cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 18:38:09 -0400
- Subject: RE: 1.3.12-4: editing /etc/passwd causes ssh to fail
I have been editing the /etc/passwd file with Cygwin's vim and the
directory tree is mounted in binary mode, but I will check for errant
^Ms. Thank you for the suggestion.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randall R Schulz [mailto:rrschulz@cris.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 4:55 PM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: RE: 1.3.12-4: editing /etc/passwd causes ssh to fail
>
>
> Gentlemen,
>
> Have you verified that the line newly added to the password file is
> consistent w.r.t. to line-ending convention (Unix vs.
> Windows) with the
> rest of the password file and the mount via which it is
> accessed by your
> ssh server?
>
> Randall Schulz
> Mountain View, CA USA
>
>
> At 13:39 2002-10-08, Harig, Mark A. wrote:
> >I have seen this problem also, on Windows NT4 SP6. I had the same
> >solution -- back out my changes. I haven't had time to
> investigate what
> >is causing the problem but it starting occurring in one of the recent
> >releases of ssh in which privilege separation was added.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Len Giambrone [mailto:frodo@mit.edu]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 4:18 PM
> > > To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> > > Subject: 1.3.12-4: editing /etc/passwd causes ssh to fail
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > This is on an installation using setup today with the latest
> > > packages on
> > > archive.progeny.net. It's running Win2k Server. I think
> > > I've also verified
> > > this on my XP HE box at home.
> > >
> > > I can happily ssh into my box.
> > >
> > > $ ssh Administrator@foo
> > > Warning: Remote host denied X11 forwarding.
> > > Last login: Tue Oct 8 21:01:53 2002 from bar
> > >
> > > Administrator@LORIEN ~
> > > $
> > >
> > > Now, I add the user foo:
> > >
> > > Administrator@LORIEN ~
> > > $ net user foo bar /add
> > >
> > > I add the user to the password file
> > >
> > > Administrator@LORIEN ~
> > > $ mkpasswd -l -u foo >>/etc/passwd
> > >
> > > And now I can't ssh in anymore:
> > >
> > > $ ssh Administrator@foo
> > > Warning: Remote host denied X11 forwarding.
> > > Connection to foo closed.
> > > $ ssh Administrator@172.16.34.104
> > > Warning: Remote host denied X11 forwarding.
> > > Connection to 172.16.34.104 closed.
> > > $
> > >
> > > If I remove the new user foo, I can once again login:
> > >
> > > Administrator@LORIEN ~
> > > $ rm /etc/passwd; mkpasswd -l | grep -v ^foo >/etc/passwd
> > >
> > > $ ssh Administrator@foo
> > > Warning: Remote host denied X11 forwarding.
> > > Last login: Tue Oct 8 21:18:09 2002 from bar
> > >
> > > Administrator@LORIEN ~
> > > $
> > >
> > > Has anyone seen this before? Can someone please confirm or
> > > deny that this
> > > happens to them?
> > >
> > > -Len
>
>
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