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Date:	Sun, 2 Dec 2012 12:45:18 -0500
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Subject:	Re: Where can I find the official cygwin openssh documentation?
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On Sun, Dec 02, 2012 at 11:50:08AM -0500, Mike Richardson wrote:
>I'm trying to set up an openssh server on Windows using cygwin.  I
>have tried searching google for information on how to do this, but I
>get a lot of unofficial sites, many with conflicting information.  Is
>there any official documentation from cgywin on how to do this?  I
>looked in the /usr/share/doc/openssh directory, but this information
>seems to be only relevant to openssh, and not cygwin+openssh.
>
>For example, a couple of the commands I'm supposed to run is
>ssh-host-config and ssh-user-config.  Where I can find the official
>documentation on what these commands are doing, as well as any
>recommended best practices?  If there isn't an official version, could
>you point me to a recommended unofficial version?

The "recommended" procedure is to follow the defaults when running those
scripts unless you have specific needs which require something
different.

There is Cygwin-specific documentation in
/usr/share/doc/Cygwin/openssh.README.

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