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• Launch the Cygwin shortcut on the desktop

  Note
  If running a newer version of Windows which includes User Account Control (UAC), be sure to either disable UAC and reboot before launching the Cygwin shortcut or right-click the Cygwin shortcut and select Run as Administrator

  
  

• Download cygwin-sshd-config.sh using wget to root's Cygwin home directory on the Windows computer:
  C:\Cygwin\home\root\cygwin-sshd-config.sh

  Tip
  wget httphttps://svnraw.apachegithubusercontent.orgcom/reposapache/asf/vcl/trunkmaster/managementnode/bin/cygwin-sshd-config.sh

  
  

• Set the script to be executable:

  Tip
  chmod +x cygwin-sshd-config.sh

  
  

• Fix Cygwin 1.7 issue:

  Tip
  sed -i -e 's/^ssh-host-config.*/ssh-host-config -y -c "nodosfilewarning ntsec" -w "$PASSWORD"/' cygwin-sshd-config.sh

  
  

• 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:

  Tip
  ./cygwin-sshd-config.sh 'PASSWORD'

  • If asked to enter a new user name, enter root
  • If asked to enter a password, enter the password set for the Windows root user. This is the same password entered as the cygwin-sshd-config.sh argument.

  • 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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