BACKGROUND:
I need a new backup solution. Unfortunately, most of my private pc's are operating Windows, i.e., no native rsync support but a bunch of alternative tools, which become either monetized or don't work well enough (I would, therefore, kindly ask to refrain from "solutions" such as "try rsync for windows alternative XY" unless you are really convinced that said tool is entirely free and comes with full rsync capabilities). Thus, I want to get a ssh server running, to use rsync out of MobaXterm (cygwin like Unix enviroment for Windows). There exists a tool that seemingly does this nicely: MobaSSH (https://mobassh.mobatek.net/)
QUESTION:
After playing around with the OpenSSH Client and Server that now comes in Windows, I realized that ssh/scp works like a charm with this solution, but rsync is (for now) not supported and it does not seem like it is coming soon. Thus, I am using MobaSSH as ssh server. On a machine where I did not play around with the Windows OpenSSH Server, MobaSSH works and I can, e.g., connect as:
ssh localhost
However, on the machine I need it, this is not possible, i.e., USER and PASSWORD combination of the windows user account are not recognized and I get a
Permission denied.
after above command. (Having only one USER on the windows machine, this is the same as trying
ssh USER@localhost
directly.)
So far I tried deinstalling the Windows OpenSSH Server App and reinstalling MobaSSH.
I am positive that USER and PASSWORD are the once to login into Windows.
Since it works without problems on a different machine, I suspect that there are some registry entries or anything that are screwed up after setting up the OpenSSH Server that a simple deinstall did not catch. Does anyone have a clue what could got wrong and/or ideas where to look at?
Thanks!