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Setting
up Cygwin and SSH on Windows XP
1.
Download cygwin from http://cygwin.com/.
Run the setup program and select the packages; get the default
packages and the following packages.
2. Edit C:/cygwin/Cygwin.bat. Add the following
setting for the CYGWIN environmental variable:
set
CYGWIN=binmode tty ntsec
3. Start a cygwin bash shell;
start -> programs -> cygwin.
4. Check that cygrunsrv is
installed by typing "cygrunsrv -S sshd". It should responds
with an error from cygrunsrv like "service does not exist".
If getting "command cygrunsrv not found", install
cygrunsrv.
5. Run ssh-host-config. Answer yes to all the
questions.
6. Start X window system with "startx"
from Cygwin bash shell.
7.
Connect with ssh to a remote server from xterm, a graphic terminal.
ssh -Y
login_name@wyrd.hood.edu
The
parameter -Y
enables trusted X11Forwarding.
8. Start a graphic program,
such as:
kate &
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