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Enable Powershell Core 6 SSH Remoting on Windows
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#Requires -RunAsAdministrator | |
<# | |
.SYNOPSIS | |
Enabled Powershell Remoting Over SSH. | |
.NOTES | |
Currently assumes you have installed openssh and powershell core, preferably via chocolatey as such: | |
choco install powershell-core -y | |
choco install openssh -y -params '"/SSHServerFeature /PathSpecsToProbeForShellEXEString:$env:programfiles\PowerShell\*\pwsh.exe"' | |
#> | |
[CmdletBinding()] | |
param ( | |
#Path to your Powershell Core Installation. Defaults to Powershell Core 6 | |
$PWSHPath= "$env:PROGRAMFILES\Powershell\6", | |
#A path with no spaces that will be used for the SSHD Link. Default is generally fine. | |
$noSpacesPath = "$env:windir\System32\WindowsPowershell\6", | |
#Path to your SSHD config file | |
$sshdConfigFile = "$env:PROGRAMDATA\ssh\sshd_config" | |
) | |
#Sanity Checks | |
if (-not (test-path $sshdConfigFile)) {throw "SSHD Configuration not found at $sshdConfigFile. Did you install OpenSSH first?"} | |
$sshdConfig = gc -raw $sshdConfigFile | |
if ($sshdConfig -match 'Subsystem\s*powershell') {throw "Powershell SSH Remoting config already detected. Delete the Subsystem Powershell section to reinstall"} | |
if (-not (get-service sshd)) {throw "SSHD is not configured as a windows service. Did you install OpenSSH with /SSHServerFeature?"} | |
if (-not (Test-path (join-path $pwshpath 'pwsh.exe'))) {throw "pwsh.exe not found at PWSH Path $PWSHPath"} | |
if (Test-Path $noSpacesPath) {throw "NoSpacesPath $noSpacesPath already exists, please delete so that a link may be created"} | |
#Make the link | |
& cmd /C mklink /D $noSpacesPath $PWSHPath | |
#Verify the link was created | |
if (-not (test-path $noSpacesPath)) {throw "Failed to create the nonspaced link at $noSpacesPath"} | |
#Append the nonspaced SSHD config | |
[Environment]::NewLine + "Subsystem powershell $noSpacesPath\pwsh.exe -sshs -NoLogo -NoProfile" | Out-File -Append -Encoding utf8 $sshdConfigFile | |
$sshdConfig = gc -raw $sshdConfigFile | |
if ($sshdConfig -match 'Subsystem\s*powershell') { | |
write-host -foreground Green "Powershell over SSH Remoting Enabled. Restarting SSHD" | |
} else { | |
throw "Powershell over SSH Remoting Config Failed. Re-run script for cleanup steps" | |
} | |
#Restart the sshd service | |
Restart-Service sshd |
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On Line 35, appending 'subsystem' after a 'Match' block is an error. sshd won't start because of that. This line should be added before the start of 'Match' block to let sshd work.
reference: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/67334/openssh-how-to-end-a-match-block