SSH KeyFilePath parameter not working #4475
Description
When I try running New-PSSession or Enter-PSSession using a public key, powershell either:
- When passed a valid KeyFilePath, complains that it doesn't exist and continues gracefully to password-based authentication.
- When passed a bogus KeyFilePath, throws an ItemNotFoundException
Steps to reproduce
> New-PSSession -UserName "xx" -KeyFilePath "/fakepath" -Hostname " xx.xx.xx.xx"
New-PSSession : Cannot find path 'doesntexist' because it does not exist.
At line:1 char:1
+ New-PSSession -UserName "Administrator" -KeyFilePath "doesntexist" -H ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (doesntexist:String) [New-PSSession], ItemNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewPSSessionCommand
> New-PSSession -UserName "xx" -KeyFilePath "~/.ssh/id_rsa" -Hostname " xx.xx.xx.xx"
Warning: Identity file "/Users/cquinonez/.ssh/workgangkey" not accessible: No such file or directory.
Expected behavior
> New-PSSession -UserName "xx" -KeyFilePath "/fakepath" -Hostname " xx.xx.xx.xx"
Warning: Identity file "/Users/cquinonez/.ssh/workgangkey" not accessible: No such file or directory.
> New-PSSession -UserName "xx" -KeyFilePath "<validKeyFilePath>" -Hostname " xx.xx.xx.xx"
Id Name ComputerName ComputerType State ConfigurationName Availability
-- ---- ------------ ------------ ----- ----------------- ------------
1 SSH1 xx.xx.xx.xx RemoteMachine Opened DefaultShell AvailableActual behavior
I've verified that Test-Path also correctly detects the key file as well.
Environment data
> $PSVersionTable
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 6.0.0-beta
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId v6.0.0-beta.4
OS Darwin 16.7.0 Darwin Kernel Version 16.7.0: Thu Jun 15 17:36:27 PDT 2017; root:xnu-3789.70.16~2/RELEASE_X86_64
Platform Unix
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0