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SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition
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SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition

by Daniel J. Barrett, Richard E. Silverman, Robert G. Byrnes
May 2005
Intermediate to advanced
666 pages
21h 5m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Chapter 14. OpenSSH for Windows

OpenSSH, though originally written for Unix-like operating systems, runs well under Windows too. If you prefer command-line programs rather than a GUI, OpenSSH is probably your best bet for a free SSH implementation.

In order to run OpenSSH on Windows, you must install the Cygwin library (http://www.cygwin.com/) and associated programs. The installation is pretty simple but large: some users complain about the added “bloat” of Cygwin’s many programs. If this concerns you, check out OpenSSH For Windows (http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net/), a minimal installation of OpenSSH and Cygwin. Our perspective, however, is that Cygwin comes with so many mind-bogglingly useful tools (ported from Unix) that you might as well do a full install.

In most cases, OpenSSH operates the same way under Windows as it does under Unix. In this chapter we’ll cover only the differences; in Chapter 15 we will cover OpenSSH on the Macintosh similarly.

Tip

Like Unix, Cygwin uses the term “directory” to refer to a folder. We will use the Cygwin terminology.

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