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Re: Problem with sshd on WindMill


>This isn't related to RSA/DSA encryption or passphrases vs passwords.
>A simple question: How shall sshd recognize where the home directory
>of the user is which just tries to logon to find the ~/.ssh directory?
>The only chance is a correct entry in /etc/passwd with a correct home
>directory set up.

I can accept that.

>9x systems doesn't have a real concept of different users. As a
>result the output of mkpasswd is sort of faked. The only information
>is the name of the current user stored by the system and retrieved by
>the win32 call GetUserName(). So `mkpasswd' is behaving correctly
>from my point of view. You can claim that `setup' shouldn't call
>`mkpasswd' if /etc/passwd already exists (equiv. for `mkgroup').

Yes -- I think that mkpasswd shouldn't be called as part of the setup.
But knowing that it is, I can keep a copy and keep it working...

>The address was ok as you should have noted by receiving your mail
>(and my answer) from the mailing list server. However, I asked for
>the output of ssh -v and sshd -d when logging in with an existing user
>which could contain more appropriate info.

We've crossed wires here :)  The last ssh -v/ sshd -d output I sent you WAS
with the valid
k02189 user in the sshd box's /etc/passwd.  I also tried the variant
k02189@I23TP777
(as specified in the identity.pub file) with no difference in the output.

Unfortunately I'm now on vacation so I can't provide any more information
until early
January (happy I'm on vacation, but I still have to put in 16 hours).  But
I'm still reading
the list -- if you have more suggestions and/or AHA!'s, I'll make note and
get back
with you then.  And thanks for the help you've given so far...


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