From de2273f951a52f1867488db568d1f868b4ec3972 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Lindstrom Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 21:30:18 +0000 Subject: - (bal) Cygwin README change by Corinna Vinschen --- contrib/cygwin/README | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'contrib/cygwin') diff --git a/contrib/cygwin/README b/contrib/cygwin/README index dd237f2ca..798e5d624 100644 --- a/contrib/cygwin/README +++ b/contrib/cygwin/README @@ -111,6 +111,12 @@ You'll have to decide before starting sshd! RSAAuthentication yes +Please note that OpenSSH does never use the value of $HOME to +search for the users configuration files! It always uses the +value of the pw_dir field in /etc/passwd as the home directory. +If no home diretory is set in /etc/passwd, the root directory +is used instead! + You may use all features of the CYGWIN=ntsec setting the same way as they are used by the `login' port on sources.redhat.com: @@ -129,10 +135,10 @@ way as they are used by the `login' port on sources.redhat.com: locuser::1104:513:John Doe,U-user,S-1-5-21-... -V2 server and user keys are generated by `ssh-config'. If you want to -create DSA keys by yourself, call ssh-keygen with `-d' option. +SSH2 server and user keys are generated by the `ssh-*-config' scripts +as well. -DSA authentication similar to RSA: +SSH2 authentication similar to SSH1: Add keys to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2 Interop. w/ ssh.com dsa-keys: ssh-keygen -f /key/from/ssh.com -X >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2 -- cgit v1.2.3