Slick package for OpenSSH on Windows

Posted by creining | Filed under Security

OpenSSH for Windows is a “free package that installs a minimal OpenSSH server and client utilities in the Cygwin package without needing the full Cygwin installation.” I downloaded and installed just the SSH server on my w2k machine. Next I had to create a domain group file (for domain groups, local groups is also an option):

C:\\PROGRA~1\OpenSSH\bin\mkgroup -d >> ..\etc\group

Next I needed to add authorized users into the password file:

C:\\PROGRA~1\OpenSSH\bin\mkpasswd -d -u [my username] >> ..\etc\passwd

Now I can start the server:

C:\\PROGRA~1\OpenSSH\bin\net start opensshd
The OpenSSH Server service is starting.
The OpenSSH Server service was started successfully.

I fire up an SSH session from a remote machine to my w2k machine to test and after authenticating with my domain password I get dropped into this:

Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]
(C) Copyright 1985-2000 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\[my username]>

Pretty neat software.

Permalink | August 12th, 2004

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