Ryan, You can fix this issue by creating a user on the virtual machine (windows) called root. Make sure to give it a strong password, though.
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Ryan Johnson <rjoh...@gwmail.gwu.edu>wrote: > I am trying to complete the instructions for Installing and configuring > cygwin sshd, part of the instructions for creating a Windows base image. I > do not think I quite understand how the permissions should be set up. > Before running the *cygwin-sshd-config.sh* script I had mapped the root > user in the /etc/passwd file to the current Administrator account I was > logged in as. I then logged into cygwin as root and ran the * > cygwin-sshd-config.sh *script which took me through the process of creating > the privileged user cyg_server. Ultimately I get the error 'The service > did > not start due to a logon failure'. Also the script seems to overwrite the > root entry I placed in the passwd file. Any clarification as to the > permissions would be greatly appreciated. > > > Ryan Johnson > Academic Technologies > George Washington University > -- David Roman Marchevsky 630.631.9313
