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freeSSHd is an open source implementation of an SSH server for Microsoft Windows.

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How do I configure freeSSHd on Windows Server 2008 so I can log in using ssh?

I've installed freeSSHd on a Windows Server 2008 box (following the instructions in How to install an SSH Server in Windows Server 2008), including: created a user named "dspitzer" with NTLM authorization opened an exception for port 22 in the…
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Improper output in SSH session on OSX using FreeSSHd on Windows with cygwin bash/sh shell

I am testing out running an SSH server on a local Windows VM. I have installed FreeSSHd and set the command shell to "c:\cygwin\bin\sh --login -i" (bash as well) with "Use new console engine" unchecked. (When it was enabled no output would show…
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windows ssh servers sporadically hangs waiting for key input, even in noninteractive mode?

I'm experiencing sporadic problems when trying to ssh to windows servers (running either freesshd or Win32-OpenSSH, same results). When trying to run non-interactive commands (from Debian Jessie with OpenSSH client), sometimes (but not always, and…
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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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Powershell script not working when launched from SSH (or winexe) from a Mac or Linux Client

I have a Powershell script to backup MSSQL on a Windows Server 2008 R2 box. It backs up a specific DB to a local disk, then moves the backup to a Network mounted CIFS volume. It works 100% fine when run locally no matter how I invoke it. I…
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freeSSHd SCP Linux to Windows Fails with "exec request failed on channel 0"

Windows has freeSSHd installed. Logging in with ssh from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS via SSH using Windows Login credentials works fine. Logging in with SFTP also works fine. This test is being run from a virtual machine in VirtualBox to the host running…
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Why could it be that the FreeSSHd service is running on Windows Server yet I cannot connect from the client machine?

FreeSSHd is installed on Windows Server 2003, not on the C: drive but on another drive, D:. When I command-prompt to the D: drive and type in ssh, it tells me ssh is not recognised. I added myself as a user to FreeSSHd with a hashed password and…
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I can't connect to FreeSSHd server with Putty

I have Windwos VPS and i want to connect to it with Putty. On the VPS i installed FreeSSHd and created a user account and set the account to public key authorization. On my PC i am running Windows 7 and when i start Putty and enter the user name and…
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Intermittent problems with Windows service timing out at boot time

I'm having an odd problem where FreeSSHD doesn't start on boot about one in ten times. I'm using it on Amazon EC2 instances actually, since there's a bug in Amazon's version of Xen which makes it impossible to use cygwin/openssh on their 64-bit…
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FreeSSHD issue with home directory

I’m hoping someone here can help out. I have everything working and I can successfully login through Putty, but the directory is C:\Windows\System32 and I can’t type anything. It’s frozen. I can successfully Putty into other servers and type, no…
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Extremely weird OpenSSH messages

I'm trying to get public key authentication working with freesshd on a Windows server. I'm using OpenSSH to log in. However, I get this weird error in OpenSSH: debug1: Offering DSA public key: /home/ithisa/.ssh/id_dsa debug3:…
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How to setup FreeSSHd with Jenkins?

I have Jenkins on CentOS and want to run commands remotely on Windows 7. I managed to set it up for transferring files but when executing commands I always get: SSH: EXEC: STDOUT/STDERR from command [.../some.exe ] ... AllowDesktopAccess…
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Putty SFTP towards Freesshd server rights

I have a customer who wants me to get a SFTP server. I am using an Filezilla server for normal FTP and I am currently trying to make a SFTP server by using FreeSSHd on a win2003 enterprise server. I have tested the SSH connection with Filezilla and…
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