Help needed to access cygwin sshd server (installed on windows) from remote client with putty under windows XP

Fri Jul 27 09:49:00 GMT 2007

shiliang Wang wrote:
>> From: shiliang Wang [mailto:swang@email.unc.edu] 
> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 4:52 PM
> To: 'cygwin@cygwin.com'
> Subject: Help needed to access cygwin sshd server (installed on windows)
> from remote client with putty under windows XP 
>> Hi,
> I am new here, I just wonder if someone can help me to access a remote sshd
> server with a client machine installed with Putty?
> The remote server I tested is in the same lab. Since many people in this lab
> need to use this super computer, I try to install a cygwin sshd server on
> the super computer to make it a server.
> A: I have already done this part. When I typed Â“net start sshdÂ”, it starts
> and Â“ssh localhostÂ”, it asked me the password. After I gave it password, it
> said the connection has been established successfully.
> I followed the exact the step described by this link:
> http://pigtail.net/LRP/printsrv/cygwin-sshd.html. It included these steps 
> mkpasswd -cl > /etc/passwd 
> mkgroup --local > /etc/group
>> B: I installed putty on another machine in the same lab, and tried to
> accessed this super computer. I never succeed.
> I inputted IP address of the super computer and keep all of the rest
> parameters default.
> It always said timeout. Never log on the server.
>> Both super computer and putty are installed under windows XP professional.

You probably need to open port 22 in the WinXP firewall.
Michael
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