Re: How to specify user home directory in /etc/passwd

Try "/cygdrive/e/documents and settings/username"

On 17/10/2007, Mick Ken <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Friends,
> I am trying OpenSSH for windows for the first time and i have a
> question regarding the User's home.
> Since my userhome is: E:/Document and Settings/<my_username>
>
> when I place this in /etc/passwd file.....i get an error message.And i
> understand, I cannot put that in the /etc/passwd because of the ":"
> ,but then how to  point to the userhome directory in /etc/passwd. I
> tried relative path but that did not worked either.
>
> Here is what i get,when i try to connect from Putty using my private key:
>
> E:\OpenSSH\usr\sbin>sshd -d
> debug1: sshd version OpenSSH_3.8.1p1
> debug1: read PEM private key done: type RSA
> debug1: private host key: #0 type 1 RSA
> debug1: read PEM private key done: type DSA
> debug1: private host key: #1 type 2 DSA
> debug1: Bind to port 22 on 0.0.0.0.
> Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22.
> debug1: Server will not fork when running in debugging mode.
> Connection from <my_ip> port 3131
> debug1: Client protocol version 2.0; client software version
> PuTTY_Release_0.60
> debug1: no match: PuTTY_Release_0.60
> debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
> debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_3.8.1p1
> debug1: list_hostkey_types: ssh-rsa,ssh-dss
> debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
> debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
> debug1: kex: client->server aes256-ctr hmac-sha1 none
> debug1: kex: server->client aes256-ctr hmac-sha1 none
> debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST_OLD received
> debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP sent
> debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT
> debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY sent
> debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
> debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
> debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
> debug1: KEX done
> debug1: userauth-request for user <my_username> service ssh-connection
> method none
> debug1: attempt 0 failures 0
> User <my_username> not allowed because shell \\Documents and
> Settings\\<my_username>  is not
> executable
> input_userauth_request: illegal user <my_username>
> debug1: userauth_banner: sent
> Failed none for illegal user <my_username> from <my_ip> port 3131 ssh2
> debug1: userauth-request for user <my_username> service ssh-connection
> method publick
> y
> debug1: attempt 1 failures 1
> Failed publickey for illegal user <my_username> from <my_ip> port 3131
> ssh2
> debug1: userauth-request for user <my_username>  service
> ssh-connection method keyboar
> -interactive
> debug1: attempt 2 failures 2
> debug1: keyboard-interactive devs
> debug1: auth2_challenge: user=<my_username> devs=
> debug1: kbdint_alloc: devices ''
> Failed keyboard-interactive for illegal user <my_username> from <my_ip>
> port 313
> ssh2
>
> Please help friends.
> Thanks
>
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