Windows Commands

Helpful windows commands

Install ssh server

• install cygwin, see link
• open a cygwin windows as administrator and run

ssh-host-config

• answer "yes" to questions:
  • Query: Should privilege separation be used? (yes/no)
  • Query: new local account 'sshd'? (yes/no)
  • Query: Do you want to install sshd as a service?
• answer "ntsec" to question:
  • Query: Enter the value of CYGWIN for the daemon: []

FindingLargest Files

• in power shell run

Get-ChildItem c:\ -Recurse | Where-Object {$_.Length -gt 1000MB}

• can be abbreviated as well

gci c:\ -rec | where {$_.Length -gt 1000mb}