[cvsnt] Re: cygwin ssh server and author being set to SYSTEM

Hartmut Honisch hartmut_honisch at web.de
Mon Dec 15 22:36:57 GMT 2003


> VanDyke's SSH Server works.  I don't know how, but it does.
>

It uses a subauthentication package as described in
msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/security/security/creating_subauthenticatio
n_packages.asp

I had once implemented an alpha release of such a package for cygwin, but
they thought cygwin's way of handling impersonation was sufficient, the use
of a subauthentication package would raise too many issues to justify its
benefits.

-Hartmut




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