Installing sshd with option --type manual

[Charles Russell]

On 5/4/2017 3:31 PM, Fran Litterio wrote:
> 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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