Andrey Repin <anrdae...@yandex.ru> writes: > Greetings, Harry Putnam! > >> I'm sure there has been plenty of pounding over time about not being >> able to get a sshd server working on win 10 > > That was years ago, when M$ had introduced SSH server of their own into > Windows10 Pro+ editions.
There is nothing in this post regarding windows own introduction of using openssh for a server. So, I'm not sure what your comment means there. >> Running latest cygwin on win 10 I go thru the steps that begin with >> ssh-host-config -y > >> I'm told at the end the server wasn't installed because there already >> is one. > >> Neither "cygrunsrv -S" nor "net start" know anything about it. > >>> $ sc query | grep -i ssh > > ? > >> In an old post from this groups I found mention of there being a problem >> where previous attempts to install sshd server may have left the path >> but not the server. > >> Not really sure what the heck that might mean. Something like a cygwin >> install of ssh and sshd server scouts around somewhere and finds a >> path but no server and says OK, good to go. You have the server. > > It may have left a record in the system's services list, but no actual binary > was left on the disk. > Or it was an old Cygwin versions that stumbled upon modern Windows and tripped > over standard SSH service name. > >> It sounds kind of silly on the surface but I guess it is, in fact, a >> real problem. > >> Cutting to the chase, can anyone tell me what can be done about such a >> problem? How can one find and erase a path that has no sshd at the >> end. > >> Maybe I'm just misunderstanding things a bit. > > 1. Make sure you are using updated 64-bit Cygwin install. > 2. Check if there's no Cygwin sshd services installed (name is cygsshd). > 3. Try again with `ssh-host-config`. > 4. Provide logs of the command and `cygcheck -svr` if it fails again. > (gzip the cygcheck output, the list often rejects emails that are too big) Thank you sir for the excellent input. I left the bulk of the post in tact in case other seachers may stumble into it. I'm pretty sure your help would have saved the day but as it happens. I haven't really done a thing toward fixing it, yet when I looked at the list of windows services again I spotted the service right away, its on and working. I think just on the strength of your help and participation the heebjeebs who were meddling with things cleared out. Thanks -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
