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Re: Cygwin, OpenSSH and multiple-user licensing (CAL)
- From: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 14:54:16 -0600
- Subject: Re: Cygwin, OpenSSH and multiple-user licensing (CAL)
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Follow-up:
On 2017-10-25 06:22 PM, Assaf Gordon wrote:
When running OpenSSH server under cygwin on a windows machine,
does each SSH connection require a buying CAL (client access license)
from microsoft?
Wes Miller, Research VP at Microsoft [1] answered my similar question
on the PowerShell/OpenSSH github project [2].
Basically, an OpenSSH server (PowerShell,Cygwin and any other[3]) fall
under the same restrictions as other remote access types.
For windows "server" editions: CALs required for all users connecting to
SSH.
For "desktop/client/home/pro" editions: governed by the same limitation
as remote connections. Only one user at a time (and likely only the
"Primary user") can access the machine remotely.
[1] Wes Miller: https://twitter.com/getwired
[2] Github answer:
https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/issues/926#issuecomment-339786079
[3] different vendors do not alter the answer (e.g. Microsoft program vs
cygwin program): https://twitter.com/getwired/status/923643485911224331
regards,
- Assaf
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