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Re: openssh 3.4p1-4. Error starting sshd service
- From: Luther Palmer <lrpalmer3 at hotmail dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 15:03:58 +0000 (UTC)
- Subject: Re: openssh 3.4p1-4. Error starting sshd service
- References: <IFEHJOPLDENDFBLHDBOCAEIACCAA.pablo.milano@datatransfer.com.ar> <009401c23756$03fdb930$0100a8c0@wdg.uk.ibm.com>
Max Bowsher <maxb <at> ukf.net> writes:
>
> Pablo Milano wrote:
> > I upgraded to openssh 3.4p1-4, and after installing it, I get the
> > following error when trying to start the openssh service:
> >
> > ***********************************************************
> > The CYGWIN sshd service is starting.
> > The CYGWIN sshd service could not be started.
> >
> > The service did not report an error.
> >
> > More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 3534
> > ***********************************************************
> > >
> You might find a helpful error message in /var/log/sshd.log
>
> Max.
>
I had seen the advice to look at /var/log/sshd.log before, but there was
nothing in the file, then I noticed that no one had write priveleges to that
file. Once I ran
chmod +w /var/log/sshd.log
the ssh server started properly. Very odd.
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