hi, >> - zsh as login shell for non-administrator = login via sshd hangs (!) >> - bash as login shell for non-administrator = login via sshd works >> fine >> - zsh as login shell for the administrator = login via sshd works >> fine >> workaround: use cygwin1.dll release 1.5.14, >> There's a far better way: > Go a step forward instead of three steps back. > Try the latest snapshot from http://cygwin.com/snapshots/. > I just tried to use zsh as login shell > from an ssh session and guess what? It works. i tried it, but cygwin1-20050617.dll doesn't work, too. btw, the unsuccessful login via zsh produces a error message window: "zsh.exe - Application Error: The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000022). Click OK to terminate the application." i didn't notice this before, because my cygwin box is normally running without monitor or mouse. and i did a quick "chmod -R a+X /", with no effect. >> hope this helps.[...] >> Nearly as much as telling us that it works on Linux. sorry to hear that ... i tried to get strace to follow sshd during the ssh connection attempt, but the child ssh process isn't traced for some reason. i attached the (incomplete) strace logs, as well as 'cygcheck -svr' for both cygwin releases in question thank you for your help :o) martin -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: cygcheck-1.5.14-1.log Type: application/octet-stream Size: 16789 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/attachments/20050621/4288c610/attachment.obj> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: cygcheck-1.5.17-1.log Type: application/octet-stream Size: 16928 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/attachments/20050621/4288c610/attachment-0001.obj> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: strace-1.5.14-1.log Type: application/octet-stream Size: 21200 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/attachments/20050621/4288c610/attachment-0002.obj> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: strace-1.5.17-1.log Type: application/octet-stream Size: 20038 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/attachments/20050621/4288c610/attachment-0003.obj> -------------- next part -------------- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/