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November 02, 2005
How to add new users in Cygwin for SFTP access
In Windows, under Control Panel \ Administrative Tools \ Computer Management add a new user. If our new user is thingy
In cygwin as Administrator, type:
mkpasswd -l | grep thingy >> /etc/passwd
This adds a line to the passwords file for the new user.
You can then go in and change the user's home directory entry to the folder you wish them to access via sftp.
Tags: Cygwin
Posted by pj at November 2, 2005 05:17 PM