Copssh 8 syslog daemon writes log messages to /var/log/messages as default. You may need to introduce a log rotation scheme to keep growth of that file under control.
You can use the recipe below to use our free tool logwot8 for that purpose.
Activating users/groups can be done in multiple ways:
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Cygwin + OPENSSH is a qualified guess !!
Some recommendations (not all of them can be applicable in your case, no sorting by importance):
Sometimes it may be necessary to see directly how the openssh daemon reacts to startup or connection requests, to be able to locate daemon-related problems.
