setting up a SSH server remotely?

[slipparse]

does anyone know how to set up a SSH server from command line so you can install and run it in the background?

the whole process should run silently on a windows platform.

a single .exe file preferably

[bad_brain]

hm, check this:
http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net/
or this:
http://devguy.com/fp/scp/

you will need administrative rights to run it (at least I think so, I've never worked with SSH servers on Windows)...but if you meant "will not show up in taskmanager" with "running silently" you will have bad luck...

[slipparse]

yea i figured that out also..... I know the process will always show up in the task manager.

thanks for the links but openSSH in combination with cygwin will still open an extra window during the installation, right? I would like to have sth to get around this. A single .exe tool that can be run directly without having to go thru any installation.

[maboroshi]

This is some code I found in a book

basically its an ssh server using the twisted framework

you could compile it to a standalone exe fairly easily

Don't know if B_B wants all this code posted but I will post it for now

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from twisted.cred import portal, checkers, credentials
from twisted.conch import error, avatar, recvline, interfaces as conchinterfaces
from twisted.conch.ssh import factory, userauth, connection, keys, session, common
from twisted.conch.insults import insults
from twisted.application import service, internet
from zope.interface import implements
import os

class SSHDemoProtocol(recvline.HistoricRecvLine):
    def __init__(self, user):
        self.user = user
    
    def connectionMade(self):
        recvline.HistoricRecvLine.connectionMade(self)
        self.terminal.write("Welcome to my test SSH server.")
        self.terminal.nextLine()
        self.do_help()
        self.showPrompt()

    def showPrompt(self):
        self.terminal.write("$ ")

    def getCommandFunc(self, cmd):
        return getattr(self, 'do_' + cmd, None)

    def lineReceived(self, line):
        line = line.strip()
        quitting = False
        if line:
            cmdAndArgs = line.split()
            cmd = cmdAndArgs[0]
            args = cmdAndArgs[1:]
            func = self.getCommandFunc(cmd)
            if func:
                try:
                    quitting = func(*args)
                except Exception, e:
                    self.terminal.write("Error: %s" % e)
                    self.terminal.nextLine()
            else:
                self.terminal.write("No such command.")
                self.terminal.nextLine()
        if not quitting: self.showPrompt()

    def do_help(self, cmd=''):
        "Get help on a command. Usage: help command"
        if cmd:
            func = self.getCommandFunc(cmd)
            if func:
                self.terminal.write(func.__doc__)
                self.terminal.nextLine()
                return
        
        publicMethods = filter(
            lambda funcname: funcname.startswith('do_'), dir(self))
        commands = [cmd.replace('do_', '', 1) for cmd in publicMethods]
        self.terminal.write("Commands: " + " ".join(commands))
        self.terminal.nextLine()

    def do_echo(self, *args):
        "Echo a string. Usage: echo my line of text"
        self.terminal.write(" ".join(args))
        self.terminal.nextLine()

    def do_whoami(self):
        "Prints your user name. Usage: whoami"
        self.terminal.write(self.user.username)
        self.terminal.nextLine()

    def do_quit(self):
        "Ends your session. Usage: quit"
        self.terminal.write("Thanks for playing!")
        self.terminal.nextLine()
        self.terminal.loseConnection()

    def do_clear(self):
        "Clears the screen. Usage: clear"
        self.terminal.reset()

    def connectionLost(self, reason):
        pass
    
class SSHDemoAvatar(avatar.ConchUser):
    implements(conchinterfaces.ISession)
    
    def __init__(self, username):
        avatar.ConchUser.__init__(self)
        self.username = username
        self.channelLookup.update({'session':session.SSHSession})

    def openShell(self, protocol):
        serverProtocol = insults.ServerProtocol(SSHDemoProtocol, self)
        serverProtocol.makeConnection(protocol)
        protocol.makeConnection(session.wrapProtocol(serverProtocol))

    def getPty(self, terminal, windowSize, attrs):
        return None

    def execCommand(self, protocol, cmd):
        raise NotImplementedError
        
    def closed(self):
        pass

class SSHDemoRealm:
    implements(portal.IRealm)

    def requestAvatar(self, avatarId, mind, *interfaces):
        if conchinterfaces.IConchUser in interfaces:
            return interfaces[0], SSHDemoAvatar(avatarId), lambda: None
        else:
            raise Exception, "No supported interfaces found."

def getRSAKeys():
    if not (os.path.exists('public.key') and os.path.exists('private.key')):
        # generate a RSA keypair
        print "Generating RSA keypair..."
        from Crypto.PublicKey import RSA
        KEY_LENGTH = 1024
        rsaKey = RSA.generate(KEY_LENGTH, common.entropy.get_bytes)
        print rsaKey
        publicKeyString = keys.makePublicKeyString(rsaKey)
        privateKeyString = keys.makePrivateKeyString(rsaKey)
        # save keys for next time
        file('public.key', 'w+b').write(publicKeyString)
        file('private.key', 'w+b').write(privateKeyString)
        print "done."
    else:
        publicKeyString = file('public.key').read()
        privateKeyString = file('private.key').read()
    return publicKeyString, privateKeyString

if __name__ == "__main__":
    sshFactory = factory.SSHFactory()
    sshFactory.portal = portal.Portal(SSHDemoRealm())
    users = {'admin': 'aaa', 'guest': 'bbb'}
    sshFactory.portal.registerChecker(
        checkers.InMemoryUsernamePasswordDatabaseDontUse(**users))
    
    pubKeyString, privKeyString = getRSAKeys()
    sshFactory.publicKeys = {
        'ssh-rsa': keys.getPublicKeyString(data=pubKeyString)}
    sshFactory.privateKeys = {
        'ssh-rsa': keys.getPrivateKeyObject(data=privKeyString)}

    from twisted.internet import reactor
    reactor.listenTCP(2222, sshFactory)
    reactor.run()

[bad_brain]

sweet....

[maboroshi]

here it is compiled as an exe

www.techshinobi.de/software/server.zip

Cause Im a nice guy

[d10b]

here it is compiled as an exe

www.techshinobi.de/software/server.zip

Cause Im a nice guy

Or you're an extra nice guy and you added in some of your own code!

[bad_brain]

mab is one of the few people I trust that far that I even wouldn't scan the file...

[slipparse]

great!!! thanks alot

any chance I can configure it to work on another port?

I bet the server listens onport 2222 judging from the code

thanks again for helping me out, mate