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Install Cygwin

1. Log on as root to the Windows computer being used for the VCL image
2. Download the Cygwin installation program to root's desktop: http://cygwin.com/setup.exe
3. Run setup.exe and answer the questions: 
   1. Install from Internet
   2. Root Directory: C:\Cygwin
   3. Install For: Just Me
   4. Default Text File Type: DOS/text
   5. Local Package Directory: Desktop
   6. Internet Connection: Direct Connection
   7. Download Site: choose one (.edu FTP sites seem the fastest)
   8. Select Package:
      Net: openssh (required)
      Editors : vim (optional)
   9. Create icon on Desktop: No
   10. Add icon to Start Menu: No
4. After Cygin setup is complete, delete the installation files from the desktop:
   1. Installer: setup.exe
   2. Local package directory: C:\ftp%...cygwin...

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1. Launch the Cygwin shell:
   C:\Cygwin\Cygwin.bat
2. Download cygwin-sshd-config.sh to the following location on the Windows computer:
   C:\Cygwin\home\root\cygwin-sshd-config.sh
3. Windows may have saved the file with a .txt extension.  Check the file name from the Cygwin shell:
   ls ~
   

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   cygwin-sshd-config.sh.txt

   ## Rename the file if it has a .txt extension:
   mv cygwin-sshd-config.sh.txt cygwin-sshd-config.sh
4. Make sure the script is executable:
   chmod +x cygwin-sshd-config.sh
5. Run the script and specify the root account password as an argument, enclose the password in single quotes in case special characters are used in the password:
   */home/root/cygwin-sshd-config.sh '<PASSWORD>'*You should see something similar to the following towards then end of the script output:
   

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   The CYGWIN sshd service was started successfully.

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