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iTools v1.0 status: The UI parts almost complete!

1. Download Cygwin (http://www.cygwin.com/)
2. Install Cygwin, selecting the autossh package.
3. Start the Cygwin shell (Start -> Programs -> Cygwin).
4. Generate a public/private key pair.
   1. At the command line, run: ssh-keygen
   2. Accept the default file locations
   3. Use an empty passphrase
5. Copy your newly-created public key to the SSH server.
   1. scp .ssh/id_rsa.pub user@ssh.host.name:id_rsa.pub
6. Add your public key to your list of authorized keys on the server.
   1. Login to your SSH server.
   2. mkdir .ssh
   3. cat id_rsa.pub >> .ssh/authorized_keys
7. Test your key.
   1. Logout of your SSH sever.
   2. Login to your SSH server again. This time, your key will be used for authentication and you won’t be challenged for your login credentials. If you are not logged in automatically, review the previous steps. Or contact your server administrator.
   3. Logout of your SSH server.
   4. Exit of the Cygwin shell.
8. Install autossh as a Windows service.
   1. Now back in Windows, open a new command Window (Start -> Run -> cmd).
   2. cd C:\cygwin\bin
   3. cygrunsrv -I AutoSSH -p /usr/bin/autossh -a “-M 20000 -L localaddress:port:serveraddress:port user@ssh.host.name” -e AUTOSSH_NTSERVICE=yes
9. Tweak Windows service settings.
   1. Open the Services management console (Administrative Tools -> Services).
   2. Edit the properties of the AutoSSH service.
   3. In the “Log On” tab, select the “This account” radio button and set the service to run as your current user.
   4. Start the service.
10. Test your tunnels.

1. Press and hold the Shift key and right click on the program’s shortcut or EXE file, then click on Run as different user. (See screenshot below)

2. Type in the user name and password of the user account that you want to run this program as. (See screenshot below)

3. The program will now be running as that user.

4. When done, simply close the program to stop it from running as that user.