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SSH into Windows using Key Authentication

  • Install OpenSSH Server on remote machine
  • Set OpenSSH Authentication Agent service & OpenSSH Server service to start automatically
  • Start both services
  • Edit C:\ProgramData\ssh\sshd_config file
PubKeyAuthentication      yes
PasswordAuthentication    no
# Match group admin ...
# Authorized key file ...
  • Restart OpenSSH service
  • Create C:\Users\<user_name>\.ssh\authorized_key file without extension
  • Change file permissions
    • Disable Inheritance
    • Remove Administrators from Access permissions
  • Create ssh key on local machine
  • Copy public key from local machine to authorized_key file on remote machine
  • SSH into remote machine
ssh user@ip -i "private_key_file"
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