Can't start cygsshd service

Can't start cygsshd service

[cygwin]

I just installed Cygwin and cygwin sshd on a fresh Win10 Virtual Box
machine.

Running 'ssh-host-config' worked perfectly, saying the service was
installed.
I accepted all the defaults.

However, the service fails to start -- whether on 'reboot' or
manually.

Specifically,
    #cygrunsrv -S cygsshd
    cygrunsrv: Error starting a service: StartService:  Win32 error
    1053:
    The service did not respond to the start or control request in a
    timely fashion

    #net start cygsshd
    The service is not responding to the control function.

    More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2186.

I am using the native Windows Defender firewall, which has
"Cygwin SSHD - 22 - Private" enabled for 'Private' (but not for
'Public')

Googling the error messages didn't show anything helpful

Any ideas what might be going wrong here?

Re: Can't start cygsshd service

[cygwin]

I should add that running '/usr/sbin/sshd' (with elevated privileges)
works fine.
I just can't start it as a service...

"" wrote at about 12:48:40 -0500 on Wednesday, February 16, 2022:
 > I just installed Cygwin and cygwin sshd on a fresh Win10 Virtual Box
 > machine.
 > 
 > Running 'ssh-host-config' worked perfectly, saying the service was
 > installed.
 > I accepted all the defaults.
 > 
 > However, the service fails to start -- whether on 'reboot' or
 > manually.
 > 
 > Specifically,
 >     #cygrunsrv -S cygsshd
 >     cygrunsrv: Error starting a service: StartService:  Win32 error
 >     1053:
 >     The service did not respond to the start or control request in a
 >     timely fashion
 > 
 >     #net start cygsshd
 >     The service is not responding to the control function.
 > 
 >     More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2186.
 > 
 > I am using the native Windows Defender firewall, which has
 > "Cygwin SSHD - 22 - Private" enabled for 'Private' (but not for
 > 'Public')
 > 
 > Googling the error messages didn't show anything helpful
 > 
 > Any ideas what might be going wrong here?
 > 
 > 
 > 
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