Hi Team, I am having issue while establishing a ssh connection from Linux to Windows machine using Cygwin. My powershell script works when I run it from Linux using ssh connection(Cygwin) to Windows and manually enter my passowrd. But whn I use public key to authenticate my user(making a password less connection), it fails. Is it a bug with CYgwin?
Below is the step by step explantion- 1. Sample Code I have put on Windows machine. This machine has Cygwin installed on it +++++++++++++ : +++++++++++ echo "Hello World!" import-module ActiveDirectory get-adcomputer -Filter * |select Name|select -first 10 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2. When I run this code from Linux machine using Cygwin WITHOUT enabling password-less connection, It asks for password of Windows machine and after entering the password it execute s like a charm. See below- +++++++++++++++++++++++ shekhar@LinuxBox:~$ ssh shek...@windowsbox.doamin.com 'powershell "C:/scripts/abc.ps1"' shek...@windoxbox.domain.com's password: Hello World! Name ---- Server1 Server2 Server3 Server4 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3. Now I generate an ssh-key on Linux for user shekhar and copy it on Windows machine to make a password less connection. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ shekhar@LinuxBox:~$ ssh-copy-id shek...@windowsbox.doamin.com shekhar@WindowsBox's password: Now try logging into the machine, with "ssh 'shek...@windowsbox.domain.com'", and check in: .ssh/authorized_keys to make sure we haven't added extra keys that you weren't expecting. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 4. Now I run the same script again. Now it doesn't asks a password makes a connection with Windows box and display Hello world(first line of code) but fails on the second line +++++++++++++++ shekhar@LinuxBox:~$ ssh shek...@windoxbox.domain.com 'powershell "C:/scripts/abc.ps1"' Hello World! WARNING: Error initializing default drive: 'Unable to contact the server. This may be because this server does not exist, it is currently down, or it does not have the Active Directory Web Services running.'. Get-ADComputer : Unable to contact the server. This may be because this server does not exist, it is currently down, or it does not have the Active Directory Web Services running. At C:\scripts\abc.ps1:3 char:15 + get-adcomputer <<<< -Filter * |select Name|select -first 10 + CategoryInfo : ResourceUnavailable: (:) [Get-ADComputer], ADSer verDownException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Unable to contact the server. This may be becaus e this server does not exist, it is currently down, or it does not have th e Active Directory Web Services running.,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Managem ent.Commands.GetADComputer ++++++++++++++++++ Thanks in advance. Regards, Shekhar -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple