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Jan 22, 2018
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OpenSSH in Windows 10!

Rich Turner
Rich Turner

SSH is one of the most important tools in the *NIX world, through which users communicate with shells, applications, and services running on remote machines, devices, VM's and containers. Windows users most often remotely access Windows machines, devices, VM's and Containers via the amazingly powerful Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) which, as the nam...

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)Windows ConsoleWindows 10
Jan 18, 2018
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Tar and Curl Come to Windows!

Rich Turner
Rich Turner

One of the most frequent asks we hear across the entire Windows command-line spectrum is "I need curl" and/or "I need tar". If you're one of these people - HAPPY NEW YEAR! :) Windows 10 Insider build 17063 and later now include the real-deal and executables that you can execute directly from Cmd or PowerShell. Our sincere thanks to the LibArc...

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)Command-LineWindows Console
Jan 12, 2018
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Chmod/Chown WSL Improvements

Craig Wilhite
Craig Wilhite

We've added new file system features to WSL in Insider Build 17063. You can now set the owner and group of files using chmod/chown and modify read/write/execute permissions in WSL. You can also create special files like fifos, unix sockets, and device files. We're introducing new mounting options with DrvFs for projecting permissions onto files alo...

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