1 This package describes important Cygwin specific stuff concerning OpenSSH.
3 The binary package is usually built for recent Cygwin versions and might
4 not run on older versions. Please check http://cygwin.com/ for information
5 about current Cygwin releases.
11 If you are installing OpenSSH the first time, you can generate global config
12 files and server keys, as well as installing sshd as a service, by running
14 /usr/bin/ssh-host-config
16 Note that this binary archive doesn't contain default config files in /etc.
17 That files are only created if ssh-host-config is started.
19 To support testing and unattended installation ssh-host-config got
22 usage: ssh-host-config [OPTION]...
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 --name -N <name> sshd windows service name.
29 --port -p <n> sshd listens on port n.
30 --user -u <account> privileged user for service, default 'cyg_server'.
31 --pwd -w <passwd> Use "pwd" as password for privileged user.
32 --privileged On Windows XP, require privileged user
33 instead of LocalSystem for sshd service.
35 Installing sshd as daemon via ssh-host-config is recommended.
37 Alternatively you can start sshd via inetd, if you have the inetutils
38 package installed. Just run ssh-host-config, but answer "no" when asked
39 to install sshd as service. The ssh-host-config script also adds the
40 required lines to /etc/inetd.conf and /etc/services.
46 Any user can simplify creating the own private and public keys by running
48 /usr/bin/ssh-user-config
50 To support testing and unattended installation ssh-user-config got
53 usage: ssh-user-config [OPTION]...
55 --debug -d Enable shell's debug output.
56 --yes -y Answer all questions with "yes" automatically.
57 --no -n Answer all questions with "no" automatically.
58 --passphrase -p word Use "word" as passphrase automatically.
60 Please note that OpenSSH does never use the value of $HOME to
61 search for the users configuration files! It always uses the
62 value of the pw_dir field in /etc/passwd as the home directory.
63 If no home diretory is set in /etc/passwd, the root directory
70 Building from source is easy. Just unpack the source archive, cd to that
71 directory, and call cygport:
73 cygport openssh.cygport all
75 You must have installed the following packages to be able to build OpenSSH
76 with the aforementioned cygport script:
84 Please send requests, error reports etc. to cygwin@cygwin.com.