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Installing an SSH server on Windows
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From cmd.exe:
@"%SystemRoot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -InputFormat None -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET "PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin"
choco install mls-software-openssh -y
If your pageant offers lots of SSH keys, you will get an error "too many authentication failures"
To overcome, in C:\Program Files\OpenSSH\etc\sshd_config, set:
MaxAuthTries 10
restart OpenSSHd service
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