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HOWTO-Windows-Vista-Ultimate-32-bit-Cygwin-Openssh

Copyright 2009 by David Paul Christensen dpchrist@holgerdanske.com

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1. Download Cygwin Setup to C:\cygwin\setup\setup.exe.

2. Run Cygwin Setup:

a. Install from Internet (default).

b. C:\cygwin root directory (default).

c. Install for all users (default).

d. Unix/ binary default text file type (default).

e. C:\cygwin\setup local package directory (default).

f. Direct connection to Internet (default).

g. ftp://mirrors.kernel.org download site.

h. Select source packages to match base/ default packages.

i. Create Desktop and Start menu shortcuts.

3. Start Cygwin Bash Shell, then exit it.

4. Run Cygwin Setup again:

a-g. Same as above.

h. Select 'openssh' package. Setup will select dependencies.
Select source packages for all of these.

i. No need to recreate shortcuts.

5. Start Cygwin Bash Shell and adjust permissions on some files and
folders:

a. Run 'chmod 0777 /etc/passwd'.

b. Run 'chmod 0777 /etc/group'.

c. Run 'chmod 0777 /var'.

d. Run 'ssh-host-config'.

e. Run 'chown cyg_server /var/empty'.

f. Run 'net start sshd'.

g. Run 'ssh-user-config'.

h. Run 'ssh localhost' and open port 22 in firewall.