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Powershell script to set administrator authorized key permissions
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set-admin-authorized-keys-permissions.ps1
$acl = Get-Acl C:\ProgramData\ssh\administrators_authorized_keys
$acl.SetAccessRuleProtection($true, $false)
$administratorsRule = New-Object system.security.accesscontrol.filesystemaccessrule("Administrators","FullControl","Allow")
$systemRule = New-Object system.security.accesscontrol.filesystemaccessrule("SYSTEM","FullControl","Allow")
$acl.SetAccessRule($administratorsRule)
$acl.SetAccessRule($systemRule)
$acl | Set-Acl
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  1. open powershell with administrator privileges
  2. set script execution from powershell: set-executionpolicy remotesigned
  3. ./set-admin-authorized-keys-permissions.ps1

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