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Re: sshd and other daemons
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: David T-G <davidtg-cygwin at justpickone dot org>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 10:00:29 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: sshd and other daemons
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, David T-G wrote:
> Igor, et al --
>
> ...and then Igor Pechtchanski said...
> %
> % On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, David T-G wrote:
> %
> ...
> % > Will cygwin let me set up an sshd on the box so that I can log in, get a
> % > bash prompt, and do my looking around or running of scripts? How does it
> % > handle usernames and accounts? [These are Win98 and WinXP (Home?) boxes.]
> ...
> %
> % The process of setting up a working sshd (on a Win NT/2k/XP system) is
> % pretty straightforward and is described in detail in
> % /usr/doc/Cygwin/openssh-VVVV.README, where "VVVV" is the version of the
>
> Excellent. I'll have to get it unpacked and installed on his machine, of
> course, unless an answer to my other post is forthcoming, but I can read
> and learn.
Whoa there! Unpacking is part of the installation process if you use
setup.exe to install... You *are* planning to use setup.exe, aren't you?
> [snip]
> % add sshd to the startup sequence, running as one of the users on the
>
> Ah. Now is that the autoexec.bat DOS startup or the Win Startup folder?
Scheduled tasks...
> % machine (probably the one who's logged in). You will also need to add a
>
> How does one make a program run as a particular user? Hmmm...
Not sure, I don't normally use Win9x...
Igor
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