Unable to start cygwin sshd service

Question

I entered ssh-host-config into the cygwin prompt (started with admin privileges), said yes to privilege separation, new local account sshd, install sshd as a servic

Answer 1

I had the same problem and here is the solution that worked for me.

Solution 1

Restart the machine after you set the path environment variables to point to Cygwin bin directories and then start the service.

Solution 2

1. First add the account that runs the Cygwin sshd demon service to administrators group (this is by default)

2. Go to your cygwin installation folder (mine is at c:\cygwin64 and yours may differ)

   • add administrators group as full control. remove the property
   • Remove Readonly for your cygwin installation folder so anyone can write into it

3. Run the cygwin terminal as administrator and remove the service by typing

   cygrunsrv -R sshd
   

4. Reboot your system

5. Run the cygwin terminal as administrator and reinstall the service again by typing

   ssh-host-config -y
   

6. Run the cygwin terminal as administrator and start the service by typing

   net start sshd
   

Your service now be running!