Fwd: Cygwin 3.4.9 - how to install ssh-keygen

[Hans-Bernhard Bröker]

I  can't see a command like

    cygcheck -p ssh-keygen

as noticeably more cumbersome than comparable commands of other
distributions

Lee via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com> schrieb am Mo., 20. Nov. 2023, 23:42:

> On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 11:54 AM Matthias wrote:
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I've installed cygwin 3.4.9-1 in my virtualbox running on Windows 10.
> > After installing defaults plus openssh 9.5p 1-1, I open the
> Cygwin64-Terminal as Administrator and
> > run ssh-host-config.
> >  * Answered "yes" to create the /etc/ssh_config and /etc/sshd_config
> >  * Answered "no" to use StrictMode
> >  * and "yes" to install sshd as a service
> >  * I just press <enter> for the question for "Value of CYGWIN for the
> daemon".
> > cygrunsrv -S cygsshd will not start the sshd. The logfile say "no
> hostkeys available".
> >
> > Unfortunately  I can't find ssh-keygen in the installable packages.
> > Howto install ssh-keygen or how to create hostkeys?
>
> The easy way to see if it's already installed
>   $ which ssh-keygen
>   /usr/bin/ssh-keygen
>
> If no, Cygwin is a bit of a pain when looking for a program that's
> included in another package.
>
> There's probably a better way, but I use the cygwin package search - eg:
>   https://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=ssh-keygen
> and then take a guess as the most likely candidate in the results list
> and click on that link to see if it's included in that package - eg
>
> https://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-cat.cgi?file=x86_64%2Fopenssh%2Fopenssh-9.5p1-1&grep=ssh-keygen
>
>
> Regards
> Lee
>
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