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For 20 years now, I have used Secure Shell (SSH) to connect to servers and transfer files from one system to another. Although SSH has been a standard feature on Unix and Linux, I have had to use ...

Now, you’ll need to configure the SSH server to start every time you boot Windows 10. Here’s how: Press the Windows key + R. In the Run dialog type services.msc, hit Enter.

If you look in the C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\Logs\sshd.log file it will display errors like the following. 5272 11:06:28:910 error: Could not load host key: ./ssh_host_rsa_key 5272 11:06:28:910 ...

That should log you in to the linux-server without asking for a password. If it doesn't, you need to debug the ssh login (check that the key is correct in "authorized_keys" etc.).