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Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 14:21:21 -0700
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On 2026-02-10 13:18, Simon Matthews via Cygwin wrote:
> Because of historical reasons, I have a number of Windows virtual
> machines with 32-bit cygwin installed, including the cygwin sshd service.
> 
> It appears to be impossible to start a 64-bit bash session from a 32-bit
> session. However, it there is a way to do this, the rest of the post is
> not relevant.
> 
> During the transition to 64-bit cygwin, I would like to start a 64-bit
> sshd service on a second port (2222, perhaps). When the transition is
> fully complete, I will remove the 32-bit sshd service.
> 
> If I use the ssh-host-config program, it goes through, but tells me that
> "Sshd service is already installed" and does not create another service.
> 
> How do I create a second service to run 64-bit sshd?

Probably need to customize inetd as inetd-32/64 as well as sshd as sshd-32/64 
and services, service names, and ports as ssh-32/64, cygsshd-32/64, and 
3222/6422 or variations thereof?

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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