I've got cygwin set up on my Windows based HTPC and have sshd running, port 22 open for local traffic only (not open on the router, just Windows Firewall). It's completing the connection, but ...

hanser: but you said you were running CYGWIN ... which is really just a bash shell for windows. So, if .bashrc doesnt exist in your HOME, then just create one. And if things are set up properly, then ...