On Tue, 5/22/18, Marco Atzeri <marco.atz...@gmail.com> wrote: On 5/21/2018 11:53 PM, Nuzhna Pomoshch via cygwin wrote: > > Trying to configure ssh. > > > > Followed guides found on the internet (pretty much all the same). > > > > The problem comes when the script tries to create the user: > > > > > > *** Query: Create new privileged user account 'HOST\cyg_server' (Cygwin > > name 'host cyg_server')? (yes/no) yes > > *** Info: Please enter a password for new user host+cyg_server. Please be > > sure > > *** Info: that this password matches the password rules given on your > > system. > > *** Info: Entering no password will exit the configuration. > > *** Query: Please enter the password: > > *** Query: Reenter: > > > > *** Info: User 'host+cyg_server' has been created with password 'password'. > > *** Info: If you change the password, please remember also to change the > > *** Info: password for the installed services which use (or will soon use) > > *** Info: the 'host+cyg_server' account. > > > > passwd: unknown user host+cyg_server > > *** Warning: Setting password expiry for user 'host+cyg_server' failed! > > *** Warning: Please check that password never expires or set it ot your > > needs. > > No user or group 'host+cyg_server known. > > *** Warning: Assigning the appropriate privileges to user 'host+cyg_server' > > failed! > > *** ERROR: There was a serious problem creating a privileged user. > > *** Query: Do you want ot proceed anyway? (yes/no) > It seems you miss the needed permission. > Has your user admin privilege on the 'host' ? > what system is ? Hi. Thanks for the reply.
Yes, I ran the cygwin shell as administrator, and I noticed (since it was the first time I had done that) all of the files created in the home directory. The system is Windows 7, 64-bit. Nuzhna -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple