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can't start sshd


After a clean reinstall of cygwin from the web and copying my old HOME directory to the new installation, I can no longer start sshd.
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Never mind. I must have previously selected the nondefault value of "no" for "allow privilege separation?" in ssh-host-config, without recording that fact in my installation notes.
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Well, no. I found an old copy of etc/sshd_config that shows I was indeed previously using the default value of "yes", so something about the current installation must be different. Another user sent me a message describing a similar problem, after a cygwin upgrade, that he solved by a complete cygwin reinstall. I am using a completely new installation, but I did try re-installing openssh, to no avail. Anyway, simply disallowing privilege separation has allowed me to get ssh to work in an apparently satisfactory manner.


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