Re: Using Key Pairs on OpenSSH on Win2k3
"Robert Denton" <[email protected]> Wed, 28 May 2008 12:48:47 -0700
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. -------------84906b3f0761172128d7e46ede6ecf2a Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable So I took your advice and installed CopSSH instead and it is working as = desired, with one minor snag. First, the application I am using this fo= r is to connect to the copssh server and run some commands. One of the = commands involves connection to a different server via https. When I do= this I get prompted to accept the certificate. Choosing 'p' for perman= ent has no effect. Advice I have gotten from other forums is that I need to download Comodo= 's Trusted Root Certificate and append it to the end of the ca-bundle.cr= t that is used by OpenSSH. Unfortunately a search of the system yields = no such file. Where does CopSSH place this file=3F And do you agree th= at this is the recommended course of action=3F Robert =5F=5F=5F=5F=5F =20 From: Welsh, Armand [mailto:[email protected]] To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 22 May 2008 09:17:19 -0700 Subject: Re: Using Key Pairs on OpenSSH on Win2k3 Robert, =20 Before I look into potential causes, the first I would like to know is= : are you using copSSH, the Cygwin installation with the openSSH package= installed, or the "openSSH for Windows" project from source forge=3F =20 Why do I ask=3F Al three are openSSH from the cygwin project the foll= owing conditions: Cygwin is the thick install proding the option to turn you windows box= into a GNU Linux like operating system (via the bash or other shell and= some special mappers built into cygwin). The cygwin project installs a= basic configuration of openSSH which works well on older windows system= s, but requires specific things be done to get the SSH server to work 10= 0% on windows 2003 and Vista. =20 CopSSH is a pre-packaged minimal installation of Cygwin with a couple = minor enhancement patches that installs Cygwin, openSSH, configures you = computer (even vista and win2k3) so that openSSH works without any tweak= ing at all. =20 "OpenSSH for Windows" is a dead sourceforge project that is almost ide= ntical to copSSH, except that development on the project has stopped a l= ong time ago, and this package requires more tweaking of the ssh setting= s and the server that the other options, and is running very old ssh cod= e that should not be used anymore in my opinion. =20 If you want the easy solution, install copSSH and everything will work= . If you want to get what you have working and you did not install copS= SH then we can offer assistance with making all the appropriate changes,= but it will take more time to get SSH services up and running with publ= ic keys, but you will have the option of using any piece of the cygwin p= roject easily. =20 Armand =20 =20 -------------84906b3f0761172128d7e46ede6ecf2a Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN'> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D'Content-Type' content=3D'text/html;charset=3Dus-asc= ii'> <style>BODY{font:10pt Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;}</style> </head> <body> So I took your advice and installed CopSSH instead and it is working as = desired, with one minor snag. First, the application I am using th= is for is to connect to the copssh server and run some commands. O= ne of the commands involves connection to a different server via https.&= nbsp; When I do this I get prompted to accept the certificate. Cho= osing 'p' for permanent has no effect.<br><br>Advice I have gotten from = other forums is that I need to download Comodo's <span style=3D"font-fam= ily: monospace; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: n= ormal; font-size: 90%; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font= -stretch: normal; margin-top: 0px;">Trusted Root Certificate and append = it to the end of the ca-bundle.crt that is used by OpenSSH. Unfort= unately a search of the system yields no such file. Where does Cop= SSH place this file=3F And do you agree that this is the recommend= ed course of action=3F</span><br><br>Robert<br><blockquote style=3D"bord= er-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; = margin-right: 0px;"><hr><b>From:</b> Welsh, Armand [mailto:Armand.Welsh@= sscims.com]<br><b>To:</b> [email protected]<br><b>Sent:</b> Thu, 22 May = 2008 09:17:19 -0700<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Using Key Pairs on OpenSSH on= Win2k3<br><br>Robert,<br> <br> Before I look into potential causes, the first I would like to know is: = are you using copSSH, the Cygwin installation with the openSSH package i= nstalled, or the "openSSH for Windows" project from source forge=3F<br> <br> Why do I ask=3F Al three are openSSH from the cygwin project the follow= ing conditions:<br> Cygwin is the thick install proding the option to turn you windows box i= nto a GNU Linux like operating system (via the bash or other shell and s= ome special mappers built into cygwin). The cygwin project installs a b= asic configuration of openSSH which works well on older windows systems,= but requires specific things be done to get the SSH server to work 100%= on windows 2003 and Vista.<br> <br> CopSSH is a pre-packaged minimal installation of Cygwin with a couple mi= nor enhancement patches that installs Cygwin, openSSH, configures you co= mputer (even vista and win2k3) so that openSSH works without any tweakin= g at all.<br> <br> "OpenSSH for Windows" is a dead sourceforge project that is almost ident= ical to copSSH, except that development on the project has stopped a lon= g time ago, and this package requires more tweaking of the ssh settings = and the server that the other options, and is running very old ssh code = that should not be used anymore in my opinion.<br> <br> If you want the easy solution, install copSSH and everything will work. = If you want to get what you have working and you did not install copSSH= then we can offer assistance with making all the appropriate changes, b= ut it will take more time to get SSH services up and running with public= keys, but you will have the option of using any piece of the cygwin pro= ject easily.<br> <br> Armand<br> <br></blockquote><style> </style> </body></html> -------------84906b3f0761172128d7e46ede6ecf2a-- -- List Info: http://erdelynet.com/ssh-l/ List Archives: http://erdelynet.com/archive/ssh-l/ To Unsubscribe: Mail mailto:[email protected] If you are having trouble unsubscribing, visit the List Info page for help.