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Why does ssh-host-config create two users in Cygwin on Windows 8.1?

In trying to resolve some issues with using Cygwin + SSH on Windows 8.1, I'd like to know why the ssh-host-config script creates two new accounts configuring OpenSSH from scratch? (Is this necessary?) The two accounts are: cyg_server and sshd, when…
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Unattended solution to install cygwin and enable ssh server on Windows?

Using Cygwin environment on Windows is a very common solution for automation. I am looking for a script that would automate the cygwin installation and enablement of ssh server. I could try to write one but one of the problems is that I don't know…
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How can the Address condition in a Match conditional block in sshd_config be negated?

I would like to force users into a specific command when they log in from outside my LAN via SSH to my LAN. My idea was, to use ForceCommand in a Match conditional block, that matches all addresses except for the ones in my LAN. I have tried the…
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How to get rid of QueryServiceStatus: Win32 error 1062 when you try to start sshd on Cygwin?

I installed Cygwin and sshd on Windows 7 but I'm not able to make it work. I followed the guide from http://www.noah.org/ssh/cygwin-sshd.html but I still get: $ cygrunsrv -S sshd cygrunsrv: Error starting a service: QueryServiceStatus: Win32 error…
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cygwin ssh works locally, not remotely

I have Cygwin with SSH server installed (Windows 7). After setting up I can login locally using "ssh localhost -l [myUsername]". I input my password. Success. However, trying to SSH to the machine remotely from a different machine connects, but…
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Cygwin key-based auth

I have a server running Windows 2003 that is using Cygwin's SSHD. Where do I save my public key to in order to allow key-based auth? The Linux equivalent is ~/.ssh/authorized_keys.
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Create domain policy to assign user rights

I’m a Unix administrator who also has to work with various MS Windows servers. For various tasks, I’m a lot more productive using the Unix tools that I’m familiar with and for a long time, I’ve been using Cygwin on my local workstation. Now, I’d…
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Log places to look for when a Vista service stops immediatly

I'm trying to diagnose why cygwin sshd service starts and stops immediately. In the Vista application event log I found: sshd: PID 3480: `sshd' service stopped, exit status: 255 It doesn't help much. Where could I look for other hints? Other places…
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User's rights to run a service on Vista

What rights a user needs to run cygwin sshd as a service on vista? A ssh-host-config creates user cyg_server with 5 rights: $ editrights.exe -l -u…
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How to configure ssh key based authentication in openssh running on cygwin?

I was able to install and configure openssh on cygwin and is running just right but with one problem: I cannot use private/public key authentication, it just doesnt work. I followed the same steps as on Linux, adding my key to ~/.ssh/authorized_Keys…
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ssh localhost exits with "debug1: Exit status -1 "

I am trying to setup ssh and ssh to localhost on Cygwin, but I am getting the following error. Any suggestions will be appreciated: $ ssh -v localhost OpenSSH_6.0p1, OpenSSL 1.0.1c 10 May 2012 debug1: Reading configuration data…
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SSH connection times out

Given: vm - a WinXPsp3 virtual machine hosted by a Win7sp1 physical machine alice is the user on vm srv - a Win2008R2sp1 server bob is the user on srv quake - a linux server mark is the user on quake Both vm and srv have the same new installation…
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Fatal: unable to initialise SFTP: could not connect

I'm running OpenSSH on Cygwin, which I'm trying to use as an SFTP server only. I installed it first with just the default settings (external SFTP server sftp-server) and it worked. I was able to run PuTTY's PSFTP and "open localhost" and browse my…
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cygwin sshd "getnameinfo failed"

I run an Openssh sshd service from Cygwin. When an RSA connection is established: $ ssh Administrator@ZETA Last login: Wed May 11 13:58:50 2016 from 10.1.1.140 -- there is no error message. However, when I use an inline command: $ ssh…
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Cygwin OpenSSH server does not respond after first command from PHP (Using phpseclib)

I got cygwin and sshd working fine. And there are no issues at all when using putty. It responds as expected even for multiple commands. But when using phpseclib , A response is received only for the first command. Subsequent commands are giving a…
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