OpenSSH sshd on Windows Subsystem for Linux

Internal

• OpenSSH Operations
• Windows Subsystem for Linux

Overview

This article contains the procedure to configure a Windows Subsystem for Linux sshd to start at boot.

Organizatorium

chroot("/var/run/sshd"): Function not implemented [preauth]

Use privilege separation.

debug1: list_hostkey_types:
No supported key exchange algorithms

Fixed with Sshd Regenerate Server Keys

• Add the allowed public key in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

• Set acceptable permissions:

cd ~
chmod -R go-rwx .ssh

Start at boot.

visudo

More restrictive if necessary

Status

/etc/init.d/ssh status

Start/Stop

/etc/init.d/ssh start|stop