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I try to install this OpenSSH package on windows Server 2008 R2.
I applied all steps (except the firewall one) and all passed succesfully.

When I try this command

net start sshd

I get this error:

The SSHD service is starting. The SSHD service could not be started.

A system error has occurred.

System error 1067 has occurred.

The process terminated unexpectedly.

What could be the problem?
I couldn't find any log file.
The Security in Windows' Event Viewer only says:

The SSHD service terminated unexpectedly.  It has done this 2 time(s).

When running in debug mode I get this:

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debug2: load_server_config: filename C:UsersAdministratorDownloadsOpenSSH-Win32OpenSSH-Win32/sshd_config



debug2: parse_server_config: config C:UsersAdministratorDownloadsOpenSSH-Win32OpenSSH-Win32/sshd_config len 256



debug3: C:UsersAdministratorDownloadsOpenSSH-Win32OpenSSH-Win32/sshd_config:50 setting AuthorizedKeysFile .ssh/authorized_keys



debug3: C:UsersAdministratorDownloadsOpenSSH-Win32OpenSSH-Win32/sshd_config:115 setting Subsystem sftp /usr/libexec/sftp-server



debug3: C:UsersAdministratorDownloadsOpenSSH-Win32OpenSSH-Win32/sshd_config:123 setting PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes +ssh-dss,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256



debug1: sshd version OpenSSH_7.1, OpenSSL 1.0.2d 9 Jul 2015



[Build Nov  9 2015 22:18:33]



debug3: getpwnam: username [sshd]



debug3: getpwnam: system dir [C:Windowssystem32]



debug3: getpwnam: shell path [C:Windowssystem32cmd.exe]



debug1: _open() returned error, errno [2]



debug1: key_load_private: No such file or directory



debug1: _open() returned error, errno [2]



debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory



Could not load host key: ssh_host_rsa_key



debug1: _open() returned error, errno [2]



debug1: key_load_private: No such file or directory



debug1: _open() returned error, errno [2]



debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory



Could not load host key: ssh_host_dsa_key



debug1: _open() returned error, errno [2]



debug1: key_load_private: No such file or directory



debug1: _open() returned error, errno [2]



debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory



Could not load host key: ssh_host_ecdsa_key



debug1: _open() returned error, errno [2]



debug1: key_load_private: No such file or directory



debug1: _open() returned error, errno [2]



debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory



Could not load host key: ssh_host_ed25519_key



Disabling protocol version 2. Could not load host key



sshd: no hostkeys available -- exiting.

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You can see more details on the XML below.

Note:

• I skipped the Firewall step since the firewall is not running.


• It seems that I generated the keys successfully (I got no errors and I see two files in C:UsersAdministrator.ssh folder: id_rsa and id_rsa.pub - see the output below)


• There's no antivirus installed on this host


• I tried to install both 32bit and 64bit packages (same error on
  both).


• My machine is 64bit running on VMware.


• I installed it as an administrator using "local system account"

These are the XML details from the Event Viewer:

Log Name:      System

Source:        Service Control Manager

Date:          12/25/2015 12:17:53 PM

Event ID:      7034

Task Category: None

Level:         Error

Keywords:      Classic

User:          N/A

Computer:      WINSXXX

Description:

The SSHD service terminated unexpectedly.  It has done this 2 time(s).

Event Xml:

<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">

  <System>

    <Provider Name="Service Control Manager" Guid="{555908d1-a6d7-4695-8e1e-26931d2012f4}" EventSourceName="Service Control Manager" />

    <EventID Qualifiers="49152">7034</EventID>

    <Version>0</Version>

    <Level>2</Level>

    <Task>0</Task>

    <Opcode>0</Opcode>

    <Keywords>0x8080000000000000</Keywords>

    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-12-25T10:17:53.073482000Z" />

    <EventRecordID>20007</EventRecordID>

    <Correlation />

    <Execution ProcessID="468" ThreadID="4180" />

    <Channel>System</Channel>

    <Computer>WINSXXX</Computer>

    <Security />

  </System>

  <EventData>

    <Data Name="param1">SSHD</Data>

    <Data Name="param2">2</Data>

  </EventData>

</Event>

Output of generating keys:

C:UsersAdministrator>C:UsersAdministratorDownloadsOpenSSH-Win32OpenSSH-Win32ssh-keygen.exe

Generating public/private rsa key pair.

Enter file in which to save the key (C:UsersAdministrator/.ssh/id_rsa):

C:UsersAdministrator/.ssh/id_rsa already exists.

Overwrite (y/n)? y

Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):

Enter same passphrase again:

Your identification has been saved in C:UsersAdministrator/.ssh/id_rsa.

Your public key has been saved in C:UsersAdministrator/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.

The key fingerprint is:

SHA256:POHEtRE0YZGfFqcxjkt8x9znhJsm+MvCuhFCUR9bYxg Administrator@WINSXXX

The key's randomart image is:

+---[RSA 2048]----+

|      ....EB+    |

|       o +oO+..  |

|      . +.++ X o |

|     . + .+ B = +|

|      . S. = . =.|

|       . oo . + .|

|        .. . o   |

|         .o..    |

|        oo .o.   |

+----[SHA256]-----+

C:UsersAdministrator>

I could finally resolve it.

The keys were not generated on the relevant folder.

If you follow these instructions, you have to change directory to relevant folder before applying step #3.

I was able to start the sshd service after following steps 5 and 6 in the instructions

5. 
   

   Setup SSH host keys (this will generate all the 'host' keys that sshd
   expects when its starts)

   
   
   
   
   
   • .ssh-keygen.exe -A
   
   
   
   


6. 
   

   Secure SSH host keys (optional)

   
   
   
   
   
   • Start-Service ssh-agent
   
   
   • download psexec here
     
   
   
   • launch cmd.exe as SYSTEM - psexec.exe -i -s cmd.exe
   
   
   • register host keys in above cmd.exe
   
   
   • ssh-add ssh_host_dsa_key
   
   
   • ssh-add ssh_host_rsa_key
   
   
   • ssh-add ssh_host_ecdsa_key
   
   
   • ssh-add ssh_host_ed25519_key