From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 37362 invoked by alias); 22 May 2018 15:25:09 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 18861 invoked by uid 89); 22 May 2018 15:24:53 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=H*r:74.6.132, Hx-spam-relays-external:74.6.132.123, H*RU:74.6.132.123, H*r:ip*74.6.132.123 X-HELO: sonic314-13.consmr.mail.bf2.yahoo.com Received: from sonic314-13.consmr.mail.bf2.yahoo.com (HELO sonic314-13.consmr.mail.bf2.yahoo.com) (74.6.132.123) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Tue, 22 May 2018 15:24:52 +0000 Received: from sonic.gate.mail.ne1.yahoo.com by sonic314.consmr.mail.bf2.yahoo.com with HTTP; Tue, 22 May 2018 15:24:38 +0000 Date: Tue, 22 May 2018 17:19:00 -0000 From: "Nuzhna Pomoshch via cygwin" Reply-To: Nuzhna Pomoshch Reply-To: Nuzhna Pomoshch To: , Marco Atzeri Message-ID: <435310905.4130646.1527002674700@mail.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: ERROR: There was a serious problem creating a privileged user. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <435310905.4130646.1527002674700.ref@mail.yahoo.com> X-SW-Source: 2018-05/txt/msg00260.txt.bz2 On Tue, 5/22/18, Marco Atzeri wrote: On 5/21/2018 11:53 PM, Nuzhna Pomoshch via cygwin wrote: > > Trying to configure ssh. > > > > Followed guides found on the internet (pretty much all the same). > > > > The problem comes when the script tries to create the user: > > > > > > *** Query: Create new privileged user account 'HOST\cyg_server' (Cygwin name 'host cyg_server')? (yes/no) yes > > *** Info: Please enter a password for new user host+cyg_server. Please be sure > > *** Info: that this password matches the password rules given on your system. > > *** Info: Entering no password will exit the configuration. > > *** Query: Please enter the password: > > *** Query: Reenter: > > > > *** Info: User 'host+cyg_server' has been created with password 'password'. > > *** Info: If you change the password, please remember also to change the > > *** Info: password for the installed services which use (or will soon use) > > *** Info: the 'host+cyg_server' account. > > > > passwd: unknown user host+cyg_server > > *** Warning: Setting password expiry for user 'host+cyg_server' failed! > > *** Warning: Please check that password never expires or set it ot your needs. > > No user or group 'host+cyg_server known. > > *** Warning: Assigning the appropriate privileges to user 'host+cyg_server' failed! > > *** ERROR: There was a serious problem creating a privileged user. > > *** Query: Do you want ot proceed anyway? (yes/no) > It seems you miss the needed permission. > Has your user admin privilege on the 'host' ? > what system is ? Hi. Thanks for the reply. Yes, I ran the cygwin shell as administrator, and I noticed (since it was the first time I had done that) all of the files created in the home directory. The system is Windows 7, 64-bit. Nuzhna -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple