How to install Cygwin with sshd?

[cpjust]

Hi,
Does anyone know the minimum number of packages I need to install to get an sshd server running on Cygwin?

If I install all of Cygwin, I can get it working, but that's almost 17GB.

I found that in order for other computers to be able to ssh into my Cygwin machine I need to comment out the following line in /etc/hosts.allow

ALL : PARANOID : deny

But I'm not sure which Cygwin package creates the /etc/hosts.allow file. I tried installing all the NET and WEB packages, but it that didn't create the file.

Without a /etc/hosts.allow file I can only get ssh working if I connect to localhost.

[phantomotap]

Does anyone know the minimum number of packages I need to install to get an sshd server running on Cygwin?

O_o

You should be able to just pick core and `ssh' from network tools, but that does represent the minimum.

You'll probably want some other stuff (grep/find/gawk/xargs).

But I'm not sure which Cygwin package creates the /etc/hosts.allow file.

It is just a dumb text file.

Create the file from scratch, or "ssh" into a box so you can grab a copy to edit.

Soma

[Codeplug]

I don't have an answer for you, but I will share my current solution. I use Bitvise SSH Server for windows. Free for personal use. Very configurable.

One of the settings you can set is the "terminal shell" to use. I use this:

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\sh.exe" --login -i"

You could use a MSYS or Cygwin shell if you like. I use it for push'n and pull'n code

gg