Cygwin - setting up sshd as service

The following article goes through the process of setting up cygwin's sshd as a service:

How To Get SSH Command-Line Access to Windows 7 Using Cygwin

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/41560/how-to-get-ssh-command-line-access-to-windows-7-using-cygwin/

The short version:

• Install cygwin - include ssh
• Run terminal (as administrator)
• run ssh-host-config and go through questions
• Start service (either reboot or "net start sshd")

To uninstall the service, use the rollowing command:

cygrunsrv -R sshd

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Some additional notes for setting up on XP:

http://mugurel.sumanariu.ro/linux/steps-to-setting-up-cygwin-and-the-sshd-service-for-windows-xp/ 

Setting up client access to use keys instead of passwords:

http://www.teachmejoomla.net/code/misc/authentication-without-password-with-ssh-and-rsync.html