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| * Create the ''.ssh'' folder (for the ''authorized_keys'' file) in your Windows account profile folder (typically in ''C:\Users\username\.ssh'').((Windows File Explorer does not allow you to create a folder starting with a dot directly. As a workaround, use ''.ssh.'', the trailing dot will allow you to bypass the restriction, but will not be included in the name.)) &winpath | * Create the ''.ssh'' folder (for the ''authorized_keys'' file) in your Windows account profile folder (typically in ''C:\Users\username\.ssh'').((Windows File Explorer does not allow you to create a folder starting with a dot directly. As a workaround, use ''.ssh.'', the trailing dot will allow you to bypass the restriction, but will not be included in the name.)) &winpath | ||
| - | * For permissions to the ''.ssh'' folder and the ''authorized_keys'' file, what matters are Windows ACL permissions, not simple *nix permissions. Set the %%ACL%% so that the respective Windows account is the owner of the folder and the file and is the only account that has to write access to them. The account that runs //OpenSSH %%SSH%% Server// service (typically ''SYSTEM'' or ''sshd'') needs to have read access to the file. | + | * For permissions to the ''.ssh'' folder and the ''authorized_keys'' file, what matters are Windows ACL permissions, not simple *nix permissions. Set the %%ACL%% so that the respective Windows account is the owner of the folder and the file and is the only account that has a write access to them. The account that runs //OpenSSH %%SSH%% Server// service (typically ''SYSTEM'' or ''sshd'') needs to have read access to the file. |
| * Though, with the default Win32-OpenSSH configuration there is an exception set in ''sshd_config'' for accounts in ''Administrators'' group. For these, the server uses a different location for the authorized keys file: ''%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\ssh\administrators_authorized_keys'' (i.e. typically ''C:\ProgramData\ssh\administrators_authorized_keys''). &winpath | * Though, with the default Win32-OpenSSH configuration there is an exception set in ''sshd_config'' for accounts in ''Administrators'' group. For these, the server uses a different location for the authorized keys file: ''%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\ssh\administrators_authorized_keys'' (i.e. typically ''C:\ProgramData\ssh\administrators_authorized_keys''). &winpath | ||