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Troubleshooting your SSH Key Configuration on Windows

In the event you are unable to ssh to the cluster or still being prompted for our username and password, the above instructions haven’t worked. This is likely due to permissions associated with your new key and possibly the permissions associated with the enveloping folder.

Additional steps may be necessary and may be performed . You can correct ssh key issue through command line via command prompt, or powershell and these . These options should be performed attempted first. In the event that the problem is not corrected through command prompt or Powershell, please use steps to correct using Windows GUI.

Option 1: Correcting Permissions using Command Prompt (cmd)

1. Open an elevated command prompt

   1. Go to your start menu.

   2. In the search box type in: cmd

   3. Your first option under Best match should be a command prompt

      

   4. Right click this option and choose the option to “Run as administrator”

      

   5. Once opened enter the following command lines (one command per line in the order below). Each command should be followed by an enter/return to run them in order:

      Code Block
      Set Key “%UserProfile%\.ssh\id_ecdsa” Icacls %Key% /c /t /Inheritence:d Icacls %Key% /c /t /Grant %UserName%:F Icacls %Key% /c /t /Remove:g "Authenticated Users" BUILTIN\Administrators BUILTIN Everyone System Users Icacls %Key% set "Key="

Option 2: Correcting key Permissions using Powershell

1. Open an elevated command prompt

   1. Go to your start menu.

   2. In the search box type in: powershell

   3. You should be presented with an option for Windows Powershell or Windows Powershell (x86)

      

   4. Right click the option and choose the option to “Run as administrator”

      

   5. Once opened enter the following command lines (one command per line in the order below). Each command should be followed by an enter/return to run them in order:

      Code Block
      New-Variable -Name Key -Value "$env:UserProfile\.ssh\id_rsa" Icacls $Key /c /t /Inheritance:d Icacls $Key /c /t /Grant ${env:UserName}:F TakeOwn /F $Key Icacls $Key /c /t /Grant:r ${env:UserName}:F Icacls $Key /c /t /Remove:g Administrator "Authenticated Users" BUILTIN\Administrators BUILTIN Everyone System Users Icacls $Key Remove-Variable -Name Key