Re: New install of SSH on Windows XP. Inconsistent connectivity

["Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin dot com>]

Guy Fleegman wrote:
> Hello:
>
> I just installed Cygwin with setup version 2.573 from the net. 
> I installed open ssh 
>
> the XP Workstation I installed Cygwin on I created a local account called
> cygwin and even dropped it into the local admin group.
>
> I logged in with the account to verify
>
> I ran the mkpasswd and mkgroup commands
>
> I started the Open SSH service successfully.
> I can bring up a cygwin shell and ssh to local host
> I connect but i do get these errors
>
> Last login: Tue Sep  9 13:31:47 2008 from localhost
> Could not chdir to home directory /cygdrive/h: No such file or directory
> mkdir: cannot create directory `/cygdrive/h': No such file or directory
> Copying skeleton files.
> These files are for the user to personalise
> their cygwin experience.
>
> These will never be overwritten.
>
> /usr/bin/install: cannot create directory /cygdrive/h: No such file or
> directory
> /usr/bin/install: cannot create directory /cygdrive/h: No such file or
> directory
> /usr/bin/install: cannot create directory /cygdrive/h: No such file or
> directory
> -bash: cd: /cygdrive/h: No such file or directory

Whoever you're logging in as doesn't have a home directory either because
of access permission problems or the directory doesn't exist.  Check that.

> My problem is this...
>
> I can not connect to the system remotely from some systems
>
> I have system A on the same subnet running Windows XP.. I use Putty on it to
> connect to many systems
> I ran wireshark to capture on the Cygwin SSH server... The server is sending
> a FIN ACK after a 5 second pause....

<snip>

> However.
> I have system B a linux box that can connect to it... and it is on a
> different subnet....
> and I have system C another XP box that is on the same subnet and it can
> connect as well...
>
> How can I view why the session is being rejected?

What Andrew said.  If looking at that and the successful machines doesn't
help, then I recommend providing information of exactly what you're doing
on the failing machine along with the cygcheck output as specified here:

> Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html


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