Author
Christopher Marshall (christopherlmarshall@yahoo.com)
Raw Notes on Cygwin
# procedure for adding a new user to a cygwin installation add user through windows control panel mkgroup -l > /etc/group mkpasswd -l > /etc/passwd edit /etc/group and note which group number is for Users edit /etc/passwd and enter Users group number for new user create home directory chmod -R user.Users /home/user # the mkgroup and mkpasswd commands are part of the cygwin utilities and are not general unix commands ported to the cygwin environment. They are at the edge of the emulated unix environment and the windows environment and bridge the gap. # procedure to start sshd under cygwin ssh-host-config -y cygwin=ntsec cygrunsrv --start sshd # restart of sshd cygrunsrv --stop sshd cygrunsrv --start sshd # you then edit /etc/sshd_config just like you would on a linux box. Beautiful!