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Subject: Re: Setting up a ssh service
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On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 12:18:31PM -0600, Charles D. Russell wrote:
> Christopher Layne wrote:
> 
> BTW: I've had the funky SSH issues before where nothing at all works. My
> solution was pretty much voodoo based:
> 
> 1. Delete every single ssh, ssh_server, ssh-related user manually. Delete
> these users from /etc/passwd as well as the windows side of the things.
> 2. Delete every dynamically generated ssh file - keys, config, etc.
> 3. Run ssh-host-config again.
> 
> ____________________________
> 
> I've gotten cygwin ssh to work on my home network, but after it broke 
> for the second time I felt it was just too much hassle to
> reinstall.  For me ssh is a convenience, not a necessity.  Would rsh be 
> any easier  to maintain?  I would gladly trade security for convenience.

There's not really much to maintain after you install it the first time.
It only takes maybe 20 minutes to work out any inconsistencies. Don't
even think of rsh or rlogin.

-cl

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