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David Woodhouse wrote:

> I'm trying to get the OpenSSH d=C3=A6mon working on the Windows box
> my new employer gave me. I followed the instructions at
> http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/~kscully/CygwinSSHD_W2K3.html (not quite
> understanding what the 'mount -s --change-cygdrive-prefix' command was
> for), and I can now log in over Legacy IP.
>=20
> However, I need to use IPv6 for my local network, because Legacy IP
> routing all gets hijacked by the VPN software. I already have VNC
> working over IPv6, which is a good start, but now I'm trying to set up
> sshd so that I can use it for port forwarding to the internal network.
>=20
> When I edit /etc/sshd_config and uncomment the 'Listen ::' line, I get=20
> told 'The CYGWIN sshd service could not be started', and sshd.log
> says "bad addr or host :: (no address associated with name)'.
>=20
> Was it built without IPv6 support?

Yes, like everything else network related in Cygwin.

But you have a couple of choices, the 1.7 version of Cygwin (not sure=20
about the status of IPv6 support), and the modification made by Jun-ya=20
KATO (including OpenSSH, otherwise you would have to recompile=20
everything you need -- but notice that it is for Cygwin 1.5.24, about  a=20
year old):

    http://win6.jp/Cygwin/

I personally don't have any experience with both.
--=20
Ren=C3=A9 Berber


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