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start the service.
 
start the service.
 
  cygrunsrv -S sshd
 
  cygrunsrv -S sshd
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or (works on windows 8)
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net start sshd
  
 
set password for existing windows user
 
set password for existing windows user

Revision as of 15:21, 1 September 2013

Open a new bash shell window and run the SSH configure stuff.

ssh-host-config -y 

start the service.

cygrunsrv -S sshd
or (works on windows 8)
net start sshd

set password for existing windows user

passwd jsmith

login to your new ssh server

optional - configure history file for bash sessions. Add the following lines to .bash_profile

export HISTFILE=~/.bash_history
export HISTSIZE=9999 
export HISTFILESIZE=999999