Windows – ssh config under cygwin

bashcygwin;opensshsshwindows 7

I have Cygwin installed on Windows 7. I made default install. I would like to use ssh config file (~/.ssh/config) to set host and options for connecting.

Normal ssh command is not able to find the config while I try to connect: ssh host
If I explicitly specify config file, everything is OK: ssh -F ~/.ssh/config

I cannot found any option to set ssh client, something like /etc/ssh

Maybe ssh doesn't know where is my home folder? (I have set HOME environment variable to my home folder)

Best Answer

Install the openssh package and then run ssh-host-config. It will generate a "ssh_config" file in /etc/.

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If sshd has been previously installed on the system, the following cleanup procedure should be performed before invoking ssh-host-config:

# Remove sshd service
cygrunsrv --stop sshd
cygrunsrv --remove sshd

# Delete any sshd or related users (such as cyg_server) from /etc/passwd
#   (use your favorite editor)

# Delete any sshd or related users (such as cyg_server) from the system
net user sshd /delete
net user cyg_server /delete

Is it possible to have cygwin ignore the Windows HOME environment variable

Edit /etc/profile and change the lines

# Set the user id
USER="$(id -un)"

# Set the user id
USER="$(id -un)"

# Set user home dir
HOME=$(eval echo "~$USER")

This forces Cygwin always to use the value from /etc/passwd. This is better than using Cygwin.bat because this applies to all login shells, no matter how they're spawned.

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