README
1This package describes important Cygwin specific stuff concerning OpenSSH.
2
3The binary package is usually built for recent Cygwin versions and might
4not run on older versions. Please check http://cygwin.com/ for information
5about current Cygwin releases.
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8Host configuration
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10
11If you are installing OpenSSH the first time, you can generate global config
12files and server keys, as well as installing sshd as a service, by running
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14 /usr/bin/ssh-host-config
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16Note that this binary archive doesn't contain default config files in /etc.
17That files are only created if ssh-host-config is started.
18
19To support testing and unattended installation ssh-host-config got
20some options:
21
22usage: ssh-host-config [OPTION]...
23Options:
24 --debug -d Enable shell's debug output.
25 --yes -y Answer all questions with "yes" automatically.
26 --no -n Answer all questions with "no" automatically.
27 --cygwin -c <options> Use "options" as value for CYGWIN environment var.
28 --port -p <n> sshd listens on port n.
29 --user -u <account> privileged user for service, default 'cyg_server'.
30 --pwd -w <passwd> Use "pwd" as password for privileged user.
31 --privileged On Windows XP, require privileged user
32 instead of LocalSystem for sshd service.
33
34Installing sshd as daemon via ssh-host-config is recommended.
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36Alternatively you can start sshd via inetd, if you have the inetutils
37package installed. Just run ssh-host-config, but answer "no" when asked
38to install sshd as service. The ssh-host-config script also adds the
39required lines to /etc/inetd.conf and /etc/services.
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42User configuration
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44
45Any user can simplify creating the own private and public keys by running
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47 /usr/bin/ssh-user-config
48
49To support testing and unattended installation ssh-user-config got
50some options as well:
51
52usage: ssh-user-config [OPTION]...
53Options:
54 --debug -d Enable shell's debug output.
55 --yes -y Answer all questions with "yes" automatically.
56 --no -n Answer all questions with "no" automatically.
57 --passphrase -p word Use "word" as passphrase automatically.
58
59Please note that OpenSSH does never use the value of $HOME to
60search for the users configuration files! It always uses the
61value of the pw_dir field in /etc/passwd as the home directory.
62If no home diretory is set in /etc/passwd, the root directory
63is used instead!
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66Building OpenSSH
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68
69Building from source is easy. Just unpack the source archive, cd to that
70directory, and call cygport:
71
72 cygport openssh.cygport almostall
73
74You must have installed the following packages to be able to build OpenSSH
75with the aforementioned cygport script:
76
77 zlib
78 crypt
79 openssl-devel
80 libwrap-devel
81 libedit-devel
82 libkrb5-devel
83
84Please send requests, error reports etc. to cygwin@cygwin.com.
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86
87Have fun,
88
89Corinna Vinschen
90Cygwin Developer
91Red Hat Inc.
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