[ale] sftpd on Cygwin

[Jerry Yu]

a user named 'sshd' needs to be created in /etc/passwd. so sshd can run as
that user after the initial socket binding.
I don't think you need to run sftpd.exe separately. openssh's implementation
is to have sftp server as a subsystem for sshd.
A year ago, I tried setting up similar things on XP, and had got it work
with passphrase authentication.

On 2/9/07, Terry Bailey <terry at bitlinx.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I use sftpd on Solaris 9, but it came prepackaged so it has not been
> necessary to get it running.
>
> Since I am already using Cygwin, I thought it would make sense to use sftp
> in Cygwin; however, there are problems.
>
> Is it necessary to run /usr/sbin/sshd.exe before trying to run
> sftp-server?  When I try to run /usr/sbin/sshd.exe I get the following
> message:
>
> Privilege separation user sshd does not exist.
>
> I did a chmod 755 sshd.exe, but that did not help.
>
> I can run sftp-server and it shows up when I do ps ?ef; however, when I
> try
> to do an sftp from my Linux box on the same local area network, I get the
> following message.
>
> Connection refused       Couldn't read packet
>
> When I installed from cygwin setup, it asked me if I wanted an icon on the
> startup and on the desktop.  But, no icons appeared.
>
> I have copied the sshd_config file to /etc.
>
> And even if I get things running, if I log in as a particular user, will
> the ftp root directory be the directory of the user?
>
> Any help would appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Terry Bailey
>
>
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