SSH server on Windows Vista or Windows 7

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1. Right-click Cygwin icon and select Run as administrator

2. Execute...
   ssh-host-config

   Say yes to all yes/no questions except for when it asks to use different user for registered services other than 'cyg_server'.

   Enter a user that has Administrative privileges and a password.

3. Edit /etc/hosts.allow and insert...
   ALL: 127.0.0.1/32 : allow
   ALL: [::1]/128: allow

4. Go to Control Panel ... Windows Firewall and open inbound TCP port 22. Optional?

5. Start ssh server
   cygrunsrv -R sshd

   ...or...

   net start sshd

6. Log on as a regular user and run...
   ssh-user-config (Answer questions as appropriate to situation)

Note

You can run sshd as an existing user (Cygwin 1.7.1 and Windows 7)

Administrator is disabled on Windows 7 by default.

To enable run lusrmgr.msc.

For a regular user, such as Michael, to run sshd.

1. Check existing permissions for Michael (in case you need to rollback):
   editrights -l -u Michael

2. Add additional privileges to allow sshd to run properly:
   editrights.exe -a SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege -u Michael
   editrights.exe -a SeCreateTokenPrivilege -u Michael
   editrights.exe -a SeTcbPrivilege -u Michael
   editrights.exe -a SeServiceLogonRight -u Michael

3. Run ssh-host-config (don't force the -y option)
   ssh-host-config

4. Answer yes to all questions making sure when it asks "Do to use a different name?", say "yes" (this question is different with the -y option)

5. Enter desired username (Michael) and password when you are prompted. You should *not* see any warnings. If you do, you might not have set all privileges correctly

6. If all goes well, start sshd:
   net start sshd

Uninstall cygwin under Vista or Windows 7

(From previous attempted failed installations)

In Administrator shell

net stop sshd
cygrunsrv -R sshd
net user

Delete any user listed like sshd or sshd_server.

The following syntax is to be used:

net user sshd /DELETE
rm -R /etc/ssh*
mkpasswd -cl > /etc/passwd
mkgroup --local > /etc/group

In User shell...

cd ~
rm -R .ssh

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