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On Sun, 2008-06-22 at 21:13 +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Jun 22 12:15, Ren? Berber wrote:
> > David Woodhouse wrote:
> >
> >> I'm trying to get the OpenSSH dæmon 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
> 
> You don't need it and should better revert it to using not just / as
> cygdrive prefix.  The default is `mount -s -c /cygdrive'.  Using the
> root dir might work, but is not supported.

OK, thanks.

> Cygwin 1.7 contains IPv6 support (self-written btw.(*)) and OpenSSH in
> the 1.7 test release is built with IPv6 support as well and SSH over
> IPv6 works for me in my local IPv6 setup.  However,
> neither the installation process, nor the Cygwin DLL, nor the release
> directory are finished yet for production use(**).  Right now the stuff is
> only meant for package maintainers.  If you're not faint of heart, you
> can override your 1.5 install by using the 1.7 test setup tool
> http://cygwin.com/setup-1.7.exe.  However, you have been warned: Things
> might not work as expected yet (***).

TBH, the _most_ important thing I want Cygwin for right now is so that I
can SSH into the box over IPv6. And the 1.7 test release seems to work
just fine for that; thanks.

-- 
dwmw2


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