If you are using OpenSSH Server on Windows Server 2019, the default shell is cmd.exe. If you want to set the default shell to PowerShell or even PowerShell Core, you can run the following PowerShell command (it will create a registry key) then restart the OpenSSH server service : 1New-ItemProperty -Path …

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If you are using Windows Subsystem for Linux and you forgot your password, here is a small howto to reset it. This howto is based on Ubuntu 18.04 but it seems it can be used for any other version. Launch Ubuntu 18.04 and run the following command to get your username : whoami 1your_username@computer:~$ whoami …

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If you are a regular SSH user, there are chances that you sometimes faced the error message "Connection reset by peer". To avoid this message, you can edit some settings on server side or on client side. In this post I will show you both case. Client side Putty If you are using Putty, there is a setting under …

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If you are using Putty on a regular basis there could be some settings that you would like to set by default at each launch. To set default settings, there is only a few steps to follow. Launch Putty. You will see that there is default profile called "Default Settings" Set the settings that you want to …

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