ssh.exe examples

Login With Password:

1. Work Group Users:
   • ssh user@host
2. Domain Users: Domain needs to be explicitly specified. Any of the following formats would work:
   • ssh -l user@domain host
   • ssh domain\user@host
   • ssh user@domain@host

Login With SSH Keys

Setup Server machine

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1. Copy id_rsa.pub (client's public key) to corresponding user's directory on ssh server machine
   • as %systemdrive%\users\<user>\.ssh\authorized_keys (path on the ssh server machine)
2. Make sure the authorized_keys file is secured

   $authorizedKeyPath = "%systemdrive%\users\<user>\.ssh\authorized_keys"
   $acl = get-acl $authorizedKeyPath
   $ar = New-Object  System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule("NT Service\sshd", "Read", "Allow")
   $acl.SetAccessRule($ar)
   Set-Acl  $authorizedKeyPath $acl

Usage from Client machine

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1. Generate a key pair on the client:
   • ssh-keygen -t rsa -f id_rsa
2. Register secured private key with ssh-agent (for single sign-on experience)
   • net start ssh-agent
   • ssh-add id_rsa
3. Login using secured private key.
   • ssh -i .\id_rsa user@host (work group user)
   • ssh -i .\id_rsa -l user@domain host (domain user)

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