On 2020-07-11 08:47, Ernie Rael wrote: > I guess I'll chalk up to coincidence the "rm *" that I didn't knowingly type > (it > was in the typeahead buffer when less finally finished and I had been > "randomly" > hitting keys to get it to end) followed shortly thereafter by avast moving > sshd.exe to quarantine. I suppose the command could have mysteriously come > from > some history since I do use the rm command regularly ;-) Hmm, use -I? I lost > almost nothing since the admin acct in cygwin's /home is only used for ssh to > local and there are backups to look at. > > As far as getting things back to normal... > > Asking avast to "put it back" failed. I did "extract" it, but > owner/permissions > seem screwed up. >> $ ls -l sshd.exe >> ----rwxr-x+ 1 Administrators SYSTEM 721939 Feb 18 09:05 sshd.exe > I put it back, with u+rx, ran cygwin's setup and it's package had been updated > recently, sshd was updated, and things seem back to normal. First I had virus > scanned the entire system, took all day, it did find something in an archived > copy of a system I had 10 years ago.
To extract anything from your downloaded packages directory, you can use an elevated admin shell command like: $ tar -xv -C / -f <downloaded packages directory>/*tp*%3a%2f%2f*cygwin*%2f/x86*/release/openssh/openssh-8.3p1-1.tar.xz usr/sbin/sshd.exe to extract the relative path under the Cygwin root (important, why I jam -c / before -f to avoid forgetting it!) - that way I don't have to mv it from under my current directory if I forget to add it at the end. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. [Data in IEC units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.] -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
