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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 23:24:47 -0400
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From: "Pierre A. Humblet" <Pierre DOT Humblet AT ieee DOT org>
Subject: Re: sshd and other daemons 
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Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

> On Win98 the situation is different.  First off, there is no way to run a
> service (yet, there has been some discussion, though).  So you'll have to
> add sshd to the startup sequence, running as one of the users on the
> machine (probably the one who's logged in).  You will also need to add a
> password to /etc/passwd using 'crypt' (in the "crypt" package).  Searching
> this list should give you some pointers on setting this up.

FWIW, on Win98 I start all my services from a script launched by
the "Scheduled Task" control panel, with schedule "At System Startup".
That way everything (re)starts automatically, e.g. after a power failure.
Note that by default scheduled tasks stop after 72 hours...

> FYI, many people have set up and are happily running sshd, at least on
> NT/2k/XP systems.

And on Win98/ME

Pierre



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