ssh.exe examples

Login With Password

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

Login With SSH Keys

Usage from client-side (ssh)

1. Generate a key pair on the client:
   • ssh-keygen -t rsa -f id_rsa
   • If you're using an existing key pair generated by ssh-keygen before installing build v0.0.13.0, make sure they are secured.
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 (workgroup user)
   • ssh -i .\id_rsa -l user@domain host (domain user)

Setup server-side (sshd)

1. Copy id_rsa.pub (client's public key) to corresponding user's directory on the SSH server at %systemdrive%\Users\<user>\.ssh\authorized_keys
2. Make sure the authorized_keys file is secured (you may need to re-ACL it) and "NT Service\sshd" has Read access to it

$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

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