Windows 10 OpenSSH Configuration

win10_openssh.md

Win10 OpenSSH Tips

Don't ask. I dislike Windows.

• Recursively take ownership administrator group

  TAKEOWN /F "C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH" /R TAKEOWN /F "C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH" /A /R

• Reset permissions, then grant full to users

  ICACLS "C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH" /T /Q /C /RESET ICACLS "C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH" /grant:r "users:(F)" /C /T

• Service configuration

  Enable services

  Set-Service sshd -StartupType Automatic Set-Service ssh-agent -StartupType Automatic

  Start services

  Start-Service sshd Start-Service ssh-agent

  Get status of serives

  Get-Service sshd Get-Service ssh-agent

• Securing keys

  Install-Module -Force OpenSSHUtils Repair-SshdHostKeyPermission -FilePath C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\ssh_host_ed25519_key

• Helpful debug steps

It is helpful to manually run sshd with debug output enabled.

Stop-Service sshd
sshd -d

• Open firewall port

  netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Tunnel TCP Port 2022" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=2022 netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Tunnel TCP Port 2022" dir=out action=allow protocol=TCP localport=2022