Installing sshd with option --type manual

[Fran Litterio]

On 4/28/2017 11:48 AM, Charles Russell wrote:
> Starting from a default installation of sshd that was working properly, 
> I tried uninstalling sshd with cygrunsrv and reinstalling with --type 
> manual.
> 
> (cygrunsrv --install sshd --path /usr/sbin/sshd.exe --type manual)
> 
> After rebooting I cannot start sshd with cygrunsrv.  Instead, I get 
> message "Error starting a service: Query service status: Win32 Error 1062"

You can try opening the Services Control Panel app (run "start 
services.msc" in a Command Prompt) and changing the startup type of 
service "Cygwin sshd" to "Automatic (Delayed Start)".

In theory, that was all you changed with your cygrunsrv command.

> Is it practical to use "--type manual" with sshd, or are its security 
> restrictions too tight for this kind of installation? My intent was to 
> have sshd off by default, but available when I need it, with current 
> status easily seen with ps.

I routinely stop sshd with "net stop sshd" and re-start it later with 
"net start sshd".  If it's configure for manual startup, these commands 
should work just as well.

 > [...] or should I rerun
 > ssh-host-config?

In cases where I have re-run ssh-host-config, I have first deleted the 
service with "sc delete sshd" as Administrator out of a desire not to 
confuse the config script with an existing service. But that may not be 
necessary.
--
Fran


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