Using ARM GNU GCC with Cygwin
David Rothenberger
daveroth@acm.org
Wed Apr 8 20:58:41 GMT 2020
On 4/8/2020 1:50 PM, Kaz Kylheku via Cygwin wrote:
> On 2020-04-04 11:58, Åke Rehnman via Cygwin wrote:
> I have a major use case for Cygwin for providing remote access
> to Windows. Using a non-Cygwin utility called "RunAsService.EXE",
> I turned a Cygwin Bash script into a Windows service. This Bash
> script loops around and makes a SSH connection to a host
> in a domain that I control, setting up a tunnel for port 3389
> (RDP). From that domain, I can then remote desktop into the
> Windows system. Basically I can deploy this solution on any
> Windows machine on any network where outbound SSH is allowed, and
> have remote access to it.
You might want to look at the "autossh" Cygwin package. It handles
exactly this use case and can be registered as a Windows service without
any non-Cygwin utilities. Just look at
/usr/share/doc/autossh/README.Cygwin
after you install the package for details about the service.
I've been using this for years for the purpose you've described and it's
been working great.
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