OpenSSH Install Problem

[Matthias Haenggi]

Hello,

I have a strange problem with the setup of the OpenSSH component: bevor the installation of the files starts, you need to specify a user account and a password. The default username is "Administrator". I added then the password of the Windows user "Administrator". If I click to "next" to continue, I get the error "The supplied password is not valid" (please refer to the attached screenshot). I tried to enter the password several times again - always with the same result. I am sure that I entered the correct password. But the OpenSSH setup seems to not accept my administrator password.
What can I do in order to install OpenSSH properly?

Thank you!

Kind Regards,
Matthias

[David Claypool]

Does this system happento be a domain controller?

[Matthias Haenggi]

Yes, the system is a Windows 2003 domain controller.

[Y.J.JIN]

Hi,

you may need to change your administrator's password.

try to change password lenght <= 8

hope this help you.

[Mikael Rönnbäck]

Another idea, we had the same kind of problem, the password was not accepted for the user account entered, are you running the installation logged in as Administrator ? We could not get the password to be accepted unless the user entered into the SSH installation was the same as the currently logged on user.

[Joel Rubenstein · Accepted solution]

When the openSSH installer is asking for username / password it will only accept local account names / passwords. To install openSSH using a domain account start the installation by "openssh.exe /domain=domainname" it will then allow you to specify a domain username / password.

[Matthias Haenggi]

Thanks... Installing openSSH using the domain account switch (openssh.exe /domain=domainname) solved the issue!

Regards,
Matthias