Accessing my Windows VM for development

Here's how I access my Windows 10 VM when I need to test something in an MSYS2 or Cygwin environment.

• Install OpenSSH server and get it running

• Since my user is an administrator, I put my ssh public key in C:\ProgramData\ssh\administrators_authorized_keys (restart the service if necessary)

• At this point, ssh-ing to the machine should work, giving a PowerShell prompt.

• Start an MSYS2 bash shell with:

  PS C:\Users\Simon> $env:MSYSTEM = "MINGW64"
  PS C:\Users\Simon> c:\msys64\usr\bin\bash --login

  Replace MINGW64 with the desired environment name.

• Start a Cygwin shell with:

  PS C:\Users\Simon> C:\cygwin64\bin\bash.exe --login