Posted on 06/02/2015 6:59:47 PM PDT by dayglored
Microsoft has finally decided to add support for SSH to PowerShell, allowing people to log into Windows systems and use software remotely over an encrypted connection.
Users of Linux, the BSDs, and other operating systems, will know all about OpenSSH and its usefulness in connecting machines in a secure way to execute commands and transfer data. And soon Windows PowerShell – the command-line shell and scripting language – can be used over SSH, we're told.
"The PowerShell team [will] adopt an industry-proven solution while providing tight integration with Windows; a solution that Microsoft will deliver in Windows while working closely with experts across the planet to build it," wrote Microsoft group software engineering manager Angel Calvo.
"I’m pleased to announce that the PowerShell team will support and contribute to the OpenSSH community."
PowerShell's SSH support will allow users to "interoperate between Windows and Linux – both Linux connecting to and managing Windows via SSH and, vice versa, Windows connecting to and managing Linux via SSH."
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This from dayglored, I am just piggy-backing.I was just notified that the roll out will be 29 July. All I can add is, Do it! I've got three machines, one a laptop, and I can tell you that I have never had a better experience with any OS.The menu's are intuitive, the windows open and close with such a lovely transition, I would say something like a Mac but that would not be right, it is so much more pleasing. And it has multi-window made easy, if you have never used it you won't believe how it cleans up and organizes your desktop. Every update just got better as they listened to the users instead of that ass Ballmer. So many good points it is hard to list. Just do it.
Now I have to tell you, don't install and start work. Get an adult beverage of your choice, with a friend or not, and read or watch the How to get started vid, then play around for a while. And the help is to die for, just ask the question. That's right, it listens. I am so impressed by this. 'Course, this venue has a few Luddites that pop up on every MS thread to advertise their ignorance... Disregard their negatavism and press on, you will be glad you did.
“Any advice? “
Run away. Run away fast. And never look back. Windows 10 is basically just Windows 8 with a coat of paint and a bunch of new stuff for mobile. Windows 7 is the best OS Microsoft has ever made for the PC/laptop, and it’s looking highly doubtful they’ll ever make one better.
Uninstall optional update KB3035583 to make the nag go away.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3035583
Uninstall optional update KB3035583 to make the nag go away.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3035583
I agree on the first part, and the second is certainly possible, given it will take at least another full release to get the remnants of Metro out of the UI.
> Uninstall optional update KB3035583 to make the nag go away.
Thanks!
Yes I know. Just try to uninstall it and see what happens — nothing. Microsoft ain’t stupid when it comes to protecting their “territory” in your computer.
See link here also for information about it. Two stories down from the top.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/05/12/free-windows-10-has-high-cost/
“Just try to uninstall it and see what happens — nothing. Microsoft ain’t stupid when it comes to protecting their “territory” in your computer.”
I just uninstalled it and the nag went away after rebooting. The trick is to not allow it to be re-installed. You might also want to uninstall kb3021917 and kb2952664.
Umm... PSRemoting has been around since Windows 2008. I can do “Enter-PSSession” and be remotely consoled to a server. This sounds like they’re moving that functionality to a common port (22). Am I missing anything?
Right-click on the folders, go to Properties. Click on the Security tab. Click the Advanced button. Take ownership of the folder structure and push it down the tree. Set the ACL to permit full control to your user. Delete away. Be warned, however, it’ll likely show up again during the next patch cycle.
Enter-PSSession only works for connecting to another Windows computer that has PS Remoting enabled, and runs on HTTP/HTTPS protocol. This is SSH protocol, for connecting to non-windows (Unix/Linux) systems.
Right, so they’re just moving the capability to a common port. Functionally, it’s no different than SSH.
Technically it is SSH. You won't use Powershell cmdlets in the session, you will use shell commands native to the remote system you've connected to.
Ballmer's retarded view of Windows stunted its growth for a decade and a half, more!Yes, that is very true - and not just Windows! I am glad he is gone.
> Technically it is SSH. You won't use Powershell cmdlets in the session, you will use shell commands native to the remote system you've connected to.
In terms of how remote shell access gets used for interoperability with other non-Windows systems, the existing Windows-proprietary remote connections were not useful. They were for Windows-to-Windows sessions. The rest of the world has used SSH for a long, long time.
For Windows, the only major operating system that stubbornly refused to admit anything other than itself existed in production environments for decades, to finally recognize that it needs to learn to play well with others, is a non-trivial advance in interoperability for everybody.
Ballmer's myopic view that everything but Windows is either a toy (Apple) or a cancer (Linux) made Windows a laughingstock among serious mixed-environment system admins and developers for the last couple of decades. We dealt with it only because we HAD to for certain business applications. We put up with third-party bolt-ons because it was the only way to get real work done.
SSH is the network login communications standard everywhere except Windows. Finally, Windows will start being less of a pain in the ass to everyone who isn't an insulated Windows-only shop.
Not sure there is such a thing. Even pure Windows shops will have things like switches and routers that use custom *nix core operating systems that employ SSH for management and configuration.
>The trick is to not allow it to be re-installed.
Right. I’d wager that Windows update will reinstall that nag repeatedly. That’s the nature of the beast.
Yeah I know how to do that, but I really don’t want to mess with folder permissions since that tends to generate more problems later. I just wish microsoft would stop pushing multiple copies of the same software onto my computer. It acts more like a virus than a service.
Good point!
“I’d wager that Windows update will reinstall that nag repeatedly. That’s the nature of the beast.”
Not if you go into the Windows Update Control Panel Applet, find the update, right click on it, and then click “Hide Update”. It won’t reinstall after that.
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