From 7cedcd202bba94c6b736e65c22b9b4d3af2c7909 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Manoj Ampalam Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 14:20:29 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Various Considerations (markdown) --- Various-Considerations.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/Various-Considerations.md b/Various-Considerations.md index 21ff241..2f6febc 100644 --- a/Various-Considerations.md +++ b/Various-Considerations.md @@ -1,4 +1,10 @@ Following issues/limitations need to be considered while evaluating Win32 OpenSSH +- Cygwin users - Win32 OpenSSH service name (sshd) conflict with Cygwin's version of OpenSSH daemon prior to version 8.0, +You may host Cygwin's OpenSSH daemon along side Win32's version by registering the later with a different name (say win32sshd), by doing the following in elevated Powershell +``` +sc.exe delete sshd +New-Service -Name win32sshd -BinaryPathName 'C:\Program Files\OpenSSH\sshd.exe' -StartupType Manual +``` - [Elevation of Privilege over loopback](https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/issues/680) on misconfigured machines. - ssh-agent only supports '-l' '-L' 'd' and '-D' options. It ignores '-c' and '-t' options of ssh-add. It persistently and permanently stores the user's private key. - Text resources (config and key files) need to be either ASCII or UTF-8 (UTF-16 variants are not supported)