OpenSSH-Win-Config

A Powershell script to download and config OpenSSH for Windows operating systems.

Uses the latest release of this GitHub repo for downloading the OpenSSH binaries.

Example Usage:

Install OpenSSH allowing only public key authentication and installing a key:

.\OpenSSH-Win-Config.ps1 -Install -Download -PublicKeyOnly -KeyPath "C:\temp\key.pub"

Only Download the binaries, not installing:

.\OpenSSH-Win-Config.ps1 -DownloadOnly

If you are on a computer which has no Internet connection, you need to pass the path to the files to the -binarieDirPath flag, and the command should be run in the same way, but without -Download or -DownloadOnly.

.\OpenSSH-Win-Config.ps1 -Install -binarieDirPath "C:\temp\OpenSSH-Win64" -PublicKeyOnly -KeyPath "C:\temp\key.pub"

Adds a new key to the administrators_authorized_keys file

.\OpenSSH-Win-Config.ps1 -Config -AddKey -KeyPath "C:\temp\key.pub"

Fixes the file permissions needed by OpenSSH

.\OpenSSH-Win-Config.ps1 -Config -FilePermissions

Fixes the file permissions on the directory where OpenSSH is installed

.\OpenSSH-Win-Config.ps1 -Config -InstallDirPermissions -InstallDirPath "C:\OpenSSH-Win64"

Possible flags:

-Install: Needed if you pretend to install OpenSSH on Windows. Default: $false (Boolean)

-Config: Configuration related, demands OpenSSH installed. Default: $false (Boolean)

-Uninstall: Uninstalls OpenSSH from the machine. Default: $false (Boolean)

-TempPath: Path used for temporary files like downloading and extracting from github. Default: C:\temp (String)

-BinarieDirPath: The path to thebinaries folder for the OpenSSH software. Default: $TempPath\OpenSSH-Win$($Architecture) (String)

-InstallDirPath: The path where OpenSSH will be installed. Default: C:\OpenSSH-Win$($Architecture) (String)

-FilePermissions Used with the -Config flag, used when you want to correct the permissions of files used by the OpenSSH software. Default: $false (Boolean)

-InstallDirPermissions: Used with the -Config flag, used when you want to correct the permissions of the directory where OpenSSH was installed. Default: $false (Boolean)

-AddPublicKey: Used with the -Config flag, used when you want to add another key to the administrators_authorized_keys file. Needs a KeyPath defined. Default: $false (Boolean)

-sslVerify: Checks for valid certificate. Used with the -Download flag. Default: $false (Boolean)

-Verbose: Adds verbosity level to script output. Default: $false (Boolean)

-Download: Defines if will try to download the binaries from GitHub or install directly from machine. Default: $false (Boolean)

-Shell: Defines if the default shell after ssh into the machine will be cmd or powershell. Default: powershell (String)

-Architecture: Defines if the binarie architecture will be 64 or 32 bits. Default: 64 (Int)

-DownloadOnly: Only downloads the binaries to C:\temp\, not installing. Default: $false (Boolean)

-PublicKeyOnly: Defines if only public key authentication will be enabled. Default: $false (Boolean)

-PublicKey: Defines if public key authentication will be allowed. Default: $false (Boolean)

-KeyPath: Defines the path to the key file for using with public key authentication. Default: $null (String)

-ServicePort: Defines the port on which SSH will listen. Default: 22 (Int)

-SharedFolder: Defines if the folder used will be shared or can be moved (instead of copied). Default: $false (Boolean)

Issues

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