"Donovan, Michael" wrote: > I've been scouring the internet for a resolution to this problem and > have yet to find how this was solved. I've been working on this for a > week, and I'm not any closer to solving it. Thanks in advance for taking > your time to help solve my problem. > > I have setup a password less ssh connection to a Windows 2003 Server > using the SYSTEM account with privilege separation. > > Here is an output from ssh -v localhost:
I think under Windows 2003 you need to create a special account under which to run sshd, not SYSTEM. Try Corinna's ssh-host-config script that she has been asking people to try out and test, it should take care of creating this user, giving it the proper tokens, and removing its ability to log on (for security), etc. See also: <http://www.google.com/search?as_q=site%3Acygwin.com+inurl%3Aml+ssh+windows+2003+passwordless&num=50> Brian -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/