SSH To Windows Using Public Key

Install OpenSSH Server on Windows 10, and connect from Linux and Windows using public key authentication.

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[willia_music]

what a gymnastics routine to get up and running. Thanks for the clear and concise instructions

[rdupqez]

I was going nuts forcing the key into C:\Users\USER\.ssh\authorized_keys, like if it were a Linux host, but obviously that didn't work. I followed your steps and it worked like a charm. This kind of videos is all we novice sysadmins need!

[brentrockwood]

Excellent video. Would have taken me forever to figure that out on my own.

[Tecnología_Free]

excellent explanation, I saw many manuals and videos and none explain as well as you, I thank you new follower from Venezuela

[johnp]

I'm super thankful for this, you got me using my public/private key instead of passwords to SSH into my windows machine from a linux based device.

I was doing a number of things wrong. I didnt have the right credentials for or that file in general, and I was using an administrator account and placing keys in the authorized_keys file.

Thank you for the corrections and the help getting the public key in the right file with the right access controls. I super appreciate it!

[Nikhil-Tomar]

This video is better than all the blogs and videos out there, Thumbs Up.

Great content.

[tlarson]

This is the first guide that I've been able to follow and actually get it to work! Thanks a ton

[chinjanpatel]

Man. Thank you so much. I don't understand why official documents does not provide such details. Good work keep up

[rodrigomaximilianobellusci]

Thanks William! It was exactly what I needed after an hour of fumbling around trying to set it up myself 😅

[spyiro]

Hello,
Thank you very much, i have been struggling with this and you helped alot.
I however just need to say to those who fails the part with :
icacls /inheritance:r /grant "Administrators:F" /grant "SYSTEM:F"
If your system is running in a language other than english, Administrators should be written in the system language, otherwise it will never work

[jupiterapollo]

You talk so seriously, making me feel like if I made a single mistake I would delete my whole system or something 😅. In any case, thank you so much William, your a lifesaver.

[unazheal]

bro youre a champ!!! do you know how long ive been sitting here trying to figure this out from god awfully confusing videos doing 20 things at once. THANK this is perfect and worked for me SO EASILY AS IT SHOULD BE where as 4 other videos have failed. THANKS!!!!

[WINGNUT]

Thanks for the video. I was stuck following other tutorials but this one cleared things in my head and I've now got 2 Windows machines and a Hassio machine interconnected with keys.

[Bargainsxx]

Wow, that was awesome, guys don't forget to check the description, and download all commands from there

[nonoob.]

Wow, thank you so much! This was the only Video that could solve my problem, that neither any other video nor me in many hours could solve. Even if, in my case the only problem might have been, that I didn't know about having to uncomment the options in the config file xD. Either way, thank you.

[surfninja]

Thank you! Every other guide I saw left out setting permissions on the authorized keys file. That was the one thing I was missing.

[maziarghorbani]

Thank you. The explanation and demonstration were super helpful.

[blackwoodie]

Thanks William, very clear and right what I was loking for, :)

[rpmarketing]

The ONLY video that gave me a solution. Thanks

[Eliasam]

Thank you, followed this exactly and worked first try!