Thanks for your reply Rene, In reading the $CYGWIN/usr/share/doc/Cygwin/openssh.README file, It mentions that the substitute account should have the following user rights:
Create a token object Logon as a service Replace a process level token Increate Quota Where are these properties set? Thanks, Sam -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of René Berber Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 1:27 PM To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: CYGWIN sshd staying in 'Starting' status Sam Snitman wrote: [snip] > Could not load host key: /etc/ssh_host_key Could not > load host key: /etc/ssh_host_rsa_key Could not load > host key: /etc/ssh_host_dsa_key Disabling protocol > version 1. Could not load host key Disabling protocol > version 2. Could not load host key > sshd: no hostkeys available -- exiting. The service was not installed correctly. [snip] > Can anyone provide me with some ideas to troubleshoot? Read and follow $CYGWIN/usr/share/doc/Cygwin/openssh.README, specially the Windows 2003 server parts. -- René Berber -- 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/