Tess Gauthier

I'll add that the only components in the `C:\Windows\System32\` folder should be shipped with Windows. GitHub releases of OpenSSH should be installed to the `$env:ProgramFiles` directory. To install `sshd` to...

Win32-OpenSSH 9.4 does not automatically update the folder permissions. The March Windows Update to Server 2019 and Server 2022 to Win32-OpenSSH version 9.5.3.1 modifies the check so the startup failure...

I think this may be related to https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/issues/2297 As mentioned in https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/issues/2297#issuecomment-2493612119, does using only ECDSA and ED25519 host keys change the behavior at all? The relevant lines would look...

@xhstengg taking another look at this: > debug3: spawning "c:\users\administrator\desktop\openssh-win64-9.8/sshd-session.exe" -y as u - OpenSSH needs to be installed to the `$env:ProgramFiles` folder. The MSI will do this automatically. If...

Can you verify the permissions on the `ProgData\ssh` and `ProgData\ssh\logs` folders per https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/issues/2282#issuecomment-2412611488? Starting with v9.4, the sshd service will check the folder permissions upon startup to ensure only SYSTEM...

What is `SSHSTORAGE\root`? The account should have RX permissions at most on the SSH folder For the log folder, `RRISD\sshadmins` should not have W permissions, just RX

Ok - so with v9.8.1.0, the server runs in debug mode but the service won't start?

It still sounds like an issue with the folder permissions. I would ensure only SYSTEM and the administrators group have full control over `ProgData\ssh` and `ProgData\ssh\logs` and that all other...

And all other accounts only have read access?

To upload to the `ProgData\ssh` folder? The accounts need to be limited to read access, at least to start the service.