sshd login gives "unable to load user32.dll, Win32 error 1114"

sshd login gives "unable to load user32.dll, Win32 error 1114"

[Andrew Schulman]

When I try to log into sshd on one of my hosts as a particular user, I get the
dreaded

      2 [main] sshd 6444 C:\cygwin64\usr\sbin\sshd.exe: *** fatal error - unable
to load user32.dll, Win32 error 1114

I looked in the archives for this problem and found one discussion[1], which
referenced a FAQ[2] about using sshd in a domain. I don't have a domain, but I
went ahead and followed the instructions there anyway: On the server host I ran
(from an administrative shell)

editrights -u cyg_server -a SeTcbPrivilege
editrights -u cyg_server -a SeCreateTokenPrivilege
editrights -u cyg-server -a SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege

then stopped sshd, reran ssh-host-config, and restarted sshd. I still get the
error.

Two users are allowed to log in to sshd - call them user1 and user2. user1 isn't
a member of the Administrators group, and does have this problem. user2 is a
member of Administrators, and doesn't have this problem.

Can anyone suggest something else to try?

Thanks,
Andrew

[1] https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2012-02/msg00421.html
[2] https://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#faq.using.sshd-in-domain


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Re: sshd login gives "unable to load user32.dll, Win32 error 1114"

[Ken Brown]

On 9/13/2017 8:34 AM, Andrew Schulman wrote:
> When I try to log into sshd on one of my hosts as a particular user, I get the
> dreaded
> 
>        2 [main] sshd 6444 C:\cygwin64\usr\sbin\sshd.exe: *** fatal error - unable
> to load user32.dll, Win32 error 1114

I got this error yesterday for the first time.  It went away after I 
upgraded to cygwin 2.9.0-3.  I don't know if that's a coincidence or if 
the bug that was fixed was really responsible for the error.

Ken


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Re: sshd login gives "unable to load user32.dll, Win32 error 1114"

[Andrew Schulman]

> On 9/13/2017 8:34 AM, Andrew Schulman wrote:
> > When I try to log into sshd on one of my hosts as a particular user, I get the
> > dreaded
> > 
> >        2 [main] sshd 6444 C:\cygwin64\usr\sbin\sshd.exe: *** fatal error - unable
> > to load user32.dll, Win32 error 1114
> 
> I got this error yesterday for the first time.  It went away after I 
> upgraded to cygwin 2.9.0-3.  I don't know if that's a coincidence or if 
> the bug that was fixed was really responsible for the error.

Thank you. Yes, it's fixed in 2.9.0-3.

I sloppily forgot to mention before that this was with Cygwin 2.9.0-2 and
openssh 7.5p1-1.


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