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Overview

This article contains the procedure to configure a Windows Subsystem for Linux sshd to start at boot and allow ssh access to the Windows host.

UsePrivilegeSeparation no

This is required to prevent sshd startup error that manifests in logs as:

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

Regenerate the server keys following the procedure described here:

Regenerate Server Keys

This is required to prevent sshd startup error that manifests in the logs as:

debug1: list_hostkey_types:
No supported key exchange algorithms

Add allowed public keys in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

Set acceptable permissions:

cd ~
chmod -R go-rwx .ssh

Give passwordless sudo privileges the user that is supposed to start the server, by editing the sudo configuration file with visudo. More details: Allow a user to run commands as root without a password.

/etc/init.d/ssh status

/etc/init.d/ssh start|stop