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FreeSSHd is installed on Windows Server 2003, not on the C: drive but on another drive, D:. When I command-prompt to the D: drive and type in ssh, it tells me ssh is not recognised.

I added myself as a user to FreeSSHd with a hashed password and enabled SSH.

The Windows Firewall service is not running.

I can connect to the server using Remote Desktop Connection. I want to use ssh with Mercurial source code management system.

While I am logged onto the server via Remote Desktop connection, I can also connect to the server via ssh and putty on the client machine.

As soon as I log off from the server via Remote Desktop Connection, and I type in on the client:

ssh <username>@<server>

I get:

ssh: Connect to host <server> port 22: Connection refused
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Is the service running? Is the service running under your user-account on the server? – Tord Holmqvist Dec 8 '11 at 10:10
Hi @Tord, I realised that ssh server stops as soon as I log off from the server via Remote Desktop Connection. The solution is to not log off from the server. I just close the Remote Desktop Connection program on the client. – Geoffrey van Wyk Dec 8 '11 at 10:14
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The answer is to not log off from the server. That way, the ssh server will keep running. Just close the Remote Desktop Connection program on the client machine.

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