OpenSSH SSHD Setup on Cygwin (1.3.20)

Table of Contents (TOC):
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  1. Removal of service and backing up of old config files
  2. Installing service/default config files
  3. Fixing permissions for privsep and SCM related files

Removal of service and backing up of old files
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Before installing the sshd service you should make sure that you
have made a backup copy of your old configuration files and log
files (if they exist). Run the following commands from a root
prompt:

  # mkdir -p /var/tmp/sshd && chown -R root:root /var/tmp/sshd
  # chmod -R u=rwx,go-rwx /var/tmp/sshd
  # tar cf /var/tmp/sshd/old-cfg.tar /etc/ssh*
  # cygrunsrv -E sshd; cygrunsrv -R sshd

Installing service/default config files
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Now your ready to install the service. Run the following
commands from a root prompt:

  # ssh-host-config -y

Fixing permissions for privsep and SCM related files
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Now you need to fix-up some permissions for the files that sshd
will need to access/write to. Run the following commands from a
root prompt:
 
  # [ -f /var/log/sshd.log ] && mv /var/log/sshd.log /var/log/sshd.log.old
  # touch /var/log/sshd.log
  # chown system:system /var/log/sshd.log /var/empty /etc/ssh_h*
  # chmod go-rwx /etc/ssh_host*_key
  # chmod 755 /var/empty

All Done!!! Now your ready to start sshd:

  # cygrunsrv -S sshd

If that results in an error, then check out the contents of
/var/log/sshd.log , which may give you some clues.