

You can use the PowerShell module SecretManagement to securely retrieve a saved password from a Windows Credential Manager or external vault (KeePass, HashiCorp Vault, Azure Key Vault, Bitwarden, etc.). Next, we’ll show you how to connect to an SFTP server using the free WinSCP client, the PowerShell console, and the built-in sftp.exe tool. Now you can connect to your Windows SSH server using the SFTP protocol.

#You can set an individual chrootdirectory for each user:Ĭonnecting to SFTP Server Using WinSCP or PowerShell #default (chrooot) directory for SFTP users (by default, the user connects to the directory with his profile in the C:\users\username folder) # enable password authentication (SSH keys cannot be used) You can additionally configure the following parameters in the sshd_config configuration file: # only allow users in this domain group to connect to OpenSSH We need a version for Windows 圆4: OpenSSH-Win64.zip (4,15 MB). On the previous earlier builds of Windows 10, Windows 8.1, and on Windows Server 2016/2012 R2, you will have to download Win32-OpenSSH for Windows from GitHub and install it manually ( ).

OpenSSH executables are located in the directory: c:\windows\system32\OpenSSH\.

Get-WindowsCapability -Online | ? Name -like 'OpenSSH*' Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Server*ĭism /Online /Add-Capability /CapabilityName:OpenSSH.Server~~~~0.0.1.0Īlso, you can install OpenSSH server from Windows 10 GUI ( Settings -> Apps -> Optional Features -> Add a feature -> Open SSH Server -> Install).
