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Subject: Re: Using ARM GNU GCC with Cygwin
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From: David Rothenberger <daveroth@acm.org>
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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2020 13:58:41 -0700
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On 4/8/2020 1:50 PM, Kaz Kylheku via Cygwin wrote:
> On 2020-04-04 11:58, Åke Rehnman via Cygwin wrote:
> I have a major use case for Cygwin for providing remote access
> to Windows. Using a non-Cygwin utility called "RunAsService.EXE",
> I turned a Cygwin Bash script into a Windows service. This Bash
> script loops around and makes a SSH connection to a host
> in a domain that I control, setting up a tunnel for port 3389
> (RDP). From that domain, I can then remote desktop into the
> Windows system. Basically I can deploy this solution on any
> Windows machine on any network where outbound SSH is allowed, and
> have remote access to it.

You might want to look at the "autossh" Cygwin package. It handles 
exactly this use case and can be registered as a Windows service without 
any non-Cygwin utilities. Just look at

   /usr/share/doc/autossh/README.Cygwin

after you install the package for details about the service.

I've been using this for years for the purpose you've described and it's 
been working great.

-- 
David Rothenberger  ----  daveroth@acm.org

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