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Windows Server 2019 Includes OpenSSH

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Re: Windows Server 2019 Includes OpenSSH

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Post by mams »

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #17
dfabulich wrote: post #9

It's available out of the box in Windows 10 April 2018 Update, as well. Just pop open a Command Prompt and type "ssh."

Actually, note that Windows 10 has the OpenSSH client , "ssh", but to my knowledge, does not include the ability to be an OpenSSH server . EDIT: 1803 build appparently can get OpenSSH Server running, but it's "a bit of work": https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/how-to-insta...

Looks like the latest version is a lot simple to use... Just install the optional server feature and start sshd service. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administrati...

Re: Windows Server 2019 Includes OpenSSH

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Post by emit_time »

com2kid wrote: post #269
emit_time wrote: post #84

As someone who just started working as a developer and is using windows for the first time in 4.5 years, I can't believe how much I miss ssh and command line tools for everything... ssh keys would solve so much trouble with scripting and credentials... Also sudo...

From a developer perspective, Windows does SSH keys just fine. You can't SSH into Windows boxes (yet apparently!) but you can SSH out of them a-ok. Window Key, type "optional features" and install the OpenSSH client.

Yeah... that's the thing.

We're a windows shop 100%. So it's non trivial controlling other machines from a command line.

I miss it so much.

Re: Windows Server 2019 Includes OpenSSH

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Post by scurvy »

znpy wrote: post #243
scurvy wrote: post #142

Back when I was a sysadmin at Microsoft, we installed F-Secure's SSH server on every server we built (Messenger/Hotmail). The Windows team thought we were nuts. Well, what do you expect if you ask a bunch of Solaris admins to run Windows? There were no real alternatives. I remember when they got all excited about showing off remote Powershell to us circa 2004, and we collectively rolled our eyes.

Could you write more stories about that job you had? I always wondered what messenger/hotmail was ran on, and such stories would be really really interesting imho.

Hotmail was FreeBSD on the front end until it switched to Windows IIS in an ISAPI filter. The back end was Sun E4500 with T3 purple storage. Then they switched to HP with some terrible RAID crap.

Messenger was borne from the Net Meeting team in an informal weekend hackathon (before that was a thing). Backend stored the buddy lists and was 3 Hotmail ustores (Sun E4500 with EMC clariion storage). Front ends started out as Sun 420R then switched to Windows bit by bit (DP, SB, and then CS and PS). The Messenger HTTP gateway always ran in IIS.

Re: Windows Server 2019 Includes OpenSSH

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Post by scurvy »

scurvy wrote: post #293
znpy wrote: post #243

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Could you write more stories about that job you had? I always wondered what messenger/hotmail was ran on, and such stories would be really really interesting imho.

Hotmail was FreeBSD on the front end until it switched to Windows IIS in an ISAPI filter. The back end was Sun E4500 with T3 purple storage. Then they switched to HP with some terrible RAID crap. Messenger was borne from the Net Meeting team in an informal weekend hackathon (before that was a thing). Backend stored the buddy lists and was 3 Hotmail ustores (Sun E4500 with EMC clariion storage). Front ends started out…

Hotmail and Messenger used a lot of rdist in the early days. Until one of the managers rdisted /dev/null to /etc/passwd. Just one of many lolz in the day.

Re: Windows Server 2019 Includes OpenSSH

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Post by znpy »

scurvy wrote: post #294
scurvy wrote: post #293

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hotmail was FreeBSD on the front end until it switched to Windows IIS in an ISAPI filter. The back end was Sun E4500 with T3 purple storage. Then they switched to HP with some terrible RAID crap. Messenger was borne from the Net Meeting team in an informal weekend hackathon (before that was a thing). Backend stored the buddy lists and was 3 Hotmail ustores (Sun E4500 with EMC clariion storage). Front ends started out…

Hotmail and Messenger used a lot of rdist in the early days. Until one of the managers rdisted /dev/null to /etc/passwd. Just one of many lolz in the day.

Glorious stories. You should write your memories about that somewhere in a blog or something.

Thank you for sharing that!

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Post by yrro »

amaccuish wrote: post #215
yrro wrote: post #170

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a shame you can't use the Common Internet File System over the Internet. ️

FYI, CIFS refers specifically to the version of SMB1 that was submitted as an RFC. You should absolutely not be using "CIFS" these days.

Wait, they renamed it back?
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