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Sebastian
Sebastian

Reputation: 167

How do I run win32-openssh through the powershell? (installed with install-package from chocolatey provider)

So I am just trying to convert to powershell from bash. I was trying to find a way to SSH my server, and found out I could install win32-openssh to do so.

I installed it by:

  1. Installing chocolatey as packageprovider using:

    install-packageprovider chocolatey

  2. Then i installed win32-openssh with the command:

    install-package win32-openssh

My problem is now, how do I run this program?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 791

Answers (3)

John
John

Reputation: 2745

You have Two Options I can think of.

  • Option 1 : Use bash on Windows 10. Bash comes bundled with Windows 10. You can just enable a Windows 10 feature for it. Setup bash on Windows 10. You'll never miss bash again even if you're on Windows. [Recommended Option]
  • Option 2 : Set up SSH on Powershell by installing a package like PoSH-SSH.

Steps :

Pre-requisite : PC running Windows 10. Open PowerShell in Admin mode.

  1. Find-Module PoSH-SSH

    type 'Y' for the prompts.

  2. Install-Module Posh-SSH

    type 'A' for the prompts.

Reference: https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2016/04/using-ssh-with-powershell/

Upvotes: 2

Jan De Dobbeleer
Jan De Dobbeleer

Reputation: 835

There's not really a need for this. If you have git installed on your Windows machine, you can add it's usr/bin folder to you path. It has ssh and other Unix tools you can use just like in Bash in PowerShell or CMD.

Upvotes: 0

Martin
Martin

Reputation: 1963

It installs the correct binaries etc. It will not add some PS cmdlets for the use off ssh inside PS.

It is all described on the package site:

This package performs the following operations that you normally have to hack at until you get what you want:

  • Install Appropriate Bitness for the version of Windows
  • Install to Program Files (malware protection and following advice of dev team)
  • Add SSH location to System PATH
  • Optionally install sshd windows service (Requires parameter - see below)
  • Optionally install sshd server "key based authentication" (Requires parameter - see below)
  • Cleanly uninstall all of the above (removing config files and server keys requires special switch - see below)

So you can run it from start menu, or by typing ssh.exe into a prompt.

Upvotes: 3

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