If you installed cygwin in the default location: program files, you may need to look there. I installed in C:\cygwin as

recommended by several web pages. So Paul's instructions worked for me.

I think Paul meant this location:

C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\.ssh

instead of c:\cygwin\Administrator\.ssh

for the private and public keys. That is where mine are located.

----- Original Message -----

From: "Malcolm Greene" <profox@bdurham.com>

To: <profox@leafe.com>

Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 12:49 PM

Subject: Re: [NF] Rsync usage scenario? (creating host keys that work underWindows)

Paul,

I'm struggling with the same (Windows) issues Ken is so thank you very

much for having the patience to share your technique.

Any comments you have on the following questions would be greatly

appreciated.

1. In reviewing your instructions, it appears that you have 3 different

client side locations for the Windows equivalent of home - it looks like

you have multiple .ssh folders on your client side?

- c:\cygwin\home

- /home/Administrator/.ssh/id_dsa.pub

- c:\cygwin\Administrator\.ssh

2. On the server side, why do you use .ssh/authorized_keys2 vs.

.ssh/authorized_keys (same file without the '2' prefix)? I'm guessing

this has something to do with SSH vs. SSH2? The instructions I've been

reading on the web use the 'authorized_keys' file name.

3. Don't you need to register your server's public key on your client

via something like this or is this an optional step?

cat your-server_dsa.pub >> /home/Administrator/.ssh/known_hosts file

4. Any specific reason for choosing DSA vs. RSA to generate your key?

THANK YOU :)

Malcolm

<snipped>

Ok, the key difference on Windows using Cygwin versus *nix machines is

that there's

no /home directory. /home is underneath whereever cygwin is installed,

usually

c:\cygwin\home. Here's what I did on my Vista machine, in Windows

Terminal, to enable

passwordless logins to my server:

ssh-keygen -t dsa

<press enter through every prompt>

<make a note of the directory where it tells you the key is installed,

for me it was /home/Administrator/.ssh/id_dsa.pub>

c:

cd c:\cygwin\Administrator\.ssh

scp id_dsa.pub root@paulmcnett.com:

<enter password>

ssh root@paulmcnett.com

<enter password>

cat id_dsa.pub >> .ssh/authorized_keys2

exit

ssh root@paulmcnett.com

<no password prompt>

</snipped>

[excessive quoting removed by server]

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