Thanks all for the responses. I was able to get ssh working with cygwin. Wallace Forman 913-669-4453 On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 5:45 PM, Ángel González <keisial@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 30/06/16 17:12, Wallace Forman wrote: > > Embarrassing to say, I'm really not sure what constitutes a "console" or > "shell". > > > The shell is the program that reads the commands you write and executes > them. > ssh doesn't run "cd" It handles the secure layer, launches your shell and > leaves you to communicate with it however you want. So for instance if your > shell is cmd.exe you would list the contents of a folder with "dir", but > use "ls" in bash. > > If after authentication sshd is not able to run your shell (errors reading > the user profile, the shell is not executable, etc.), then it closes the > connection, as you report. > > To explain what does and does not seem to be working: > (…) > > 2) On computer 1, sshd is running, but when connecting with "ssh > localhost" from the command prompt on that same computer, sshd seems to be > accepting the password, but closing immediately (see output in previous > messages). > > You can verify whether it is really accepting the password by entering a > wrong one. > > > 4) When I try to connect from computer 2 to computer 1 (from putty or > command prompt), the session closes immediately, as when I try to connect > from Computer 1. > > This is the same as #2 > > > Regards > _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev
