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dsacks wrote:
> fyi, this is all about trying to get sshd to accept incoming connections. I
> want to use winscp into my xp box to move files.
> 
> I am very confused about what password sshd would use - does it use windows
> authentication or does it expect to find passwords in /etc/passwd? Can I
> choose? 
> 

Password authentication is done through Windows.  Passwords on all NT-based
platforms come from Windows.

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