ssh to UNIX server from Power-Shell, Visual Studia and/or cmd terminal does not work

Question

ssh to UNIX server from Power Shell does not work

PS C:> kinit -V ******@XXXX.GOV
Using default cache: Initial default ccache
Using principal: ******@XXXX.GOV
Password for ******@XXXX.GOV:
Authenticated to Kerberos v5
PS C:> ssh ******@YYYY.XXXX.gov
The authenticity of host 'YYYY.XXXX.gov ()' can't be established.
ED25519 key fingerprint is SHA256:adfasdfsdfwfw.
This key is not known by any other names
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no/[fingerprint])? yes
Warning: Permanently added 'YYYY.XXXX.gov' (ED25519) to the list of known hosts.
******@YYYY.XXXX.gov: Permission denied (gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic).

Now I open a WSL and do the same and it works. ssh also work to the same UNIX server from the same window desktop using Putty.

The issue is related to window Power Shell and Window cmd only.

Answer 1

Hi,

Please make sure the status of ssh-agent service is Running. Restart the service manually if it's already running. Run ssh-add to load your private key files into ssh-agent. Also check the version by running ssh -V in cmd or PowerShell and see if a new release from the below link works.

https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/releases

Best Regards,

Ian Xue

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