PowerShell resin ssh - 'Could not create directory '/home/Raphael/.ssh'

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Hi,

I tried to create a ssh connection to a device using the resin ssh command. The command and device work fine if I set up a Docker Container which installs resin-cli. But i can not get it working on my Windows machine.

EDIT Everything works fine on bash as well.

I did document the ‘procedure’:

# Sets the execution policy and downloads / installs chocolatey.
 Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
 Invoke-Expression ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
 refreshenv

 choco upgrade chocolatey

 #if you already have git do not install it again! 
 choco install git -y

 #is required tomake npm available
 choco install nodejs.install -y
 choco install rsync -y
 refreshenv

 #install the cli tool
 npm install --global --production windows-build-tools
 npm install --global --production resin-cli resin-plugin-img

The resin-cli functions work (I can list the devices and so on). But when i run resin ssh i get the following result:

λ resin ssh 631287
Connecting to: 631287
Could not create directory '/home/Raphael/.ssh'.
Permission denied (publickey).

What is the problem with resin ssh ? The normal ssh command works properly. (and does use the right path to the rsa key files as well)

2

Hi,
What version of Windows are you using?
What shell are you using to execute these commands?
Can you run the resin ssh command using the -v flag and post the output?

3

I got Windows 10 Pro (up to date) and use PowerShell (with Cmder as UI)

Here the verbose output:

Connecting to: 631287
OpenSSH_7.1p1, OpenSSL 1.0.2e 3 Dec 2015
debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0
debug1: Connecting to ssh.resindevice.io [52.45.185.102] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
Could not create directory '/home/Raphael/.ssh'.
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /home/Raphael/.ssh/id_rsa type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /home/Raphael/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /home/Raphael/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /home/Raphael/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /home/Raphael/.ssh/id_ecdsa type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /home/Raphael/.ssh/id_ecdsa-cert type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /home/Raphael/.ssh/id_ed25519 type -1
debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory
debug1: identity file /home/Raphael/.ssh/id_ed25519-cert type -1
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_7.1
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version Go
debug1: no match: Go
debug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK
debug1: Authenticating to ssh.resindevice.io:22 as 'USER'
debug3: hostkeys_foreach: reading file "/dev/null"
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01@openssh.com,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384-cert-v01@openssh.com,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521-cert-v01@openssh.com,ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com,ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,ssh-ed25519,ssh-rsa
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-gcm@openssh.com,arcfour256,arcfour128,aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,arcfour,rijndael-cbc@lysator.liu.se
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-gcm@openssh.com,arcfour256,arcfour128,aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,arcfour,rijndael-cbc@lysator.liu.se
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: umac-64-etm@openssh.com,umac-128-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com,umac-64@openssh.com,umac-128@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1,hmac-md5-etm@openssh.com,hmac-ripemd160-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-96-etm@openssh.com,hmac-md5-96-etm@openssh.com,hmac-md5,hmac-ripemd160,hmac-ripemd160@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-96,hmac-md5-96
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: umac-64-etm@openssh.com,umac-128-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com,umac-64@openssh.com,umac-128@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1,hmac-md5-etm@openssh.com,hmac-ripemd160-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-96-etm@openssh.com,hmac-md5-96-etm@openssh.com,hmac-md5,hmac-ripemd160,hmac-ripemd160@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-96,hmac-md5-96
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: none,zlib@openssh.com,zlib
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: none,zlib@openssh.com,zlib
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit:
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit:
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: first_kex_follows 0
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: reserved 0
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: ssh-rsa
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,arcfour256,arcfour128
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,arcfour256,arcfour128
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha1,hmac-sha1-96
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha1,hmac-sha1-96
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: none
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: none
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit:
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit:
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: first_kex_follows 0
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: reserved 0
debug1: kex: server->client aes128-ctr hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com none
debug1: kex: client->server aes128-ctr hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com none
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_REPLY
debug1: Server host key: ssh-rsa SHA256:trG+MB5rwda/uq2Wz6gQ8aiQ1g8dn9MXbud/1HV+KM4
debug3: hostkeys_foreach: reading file "/dev/null"
debug3: hostkeys_foreach: reading file "/dev/null"
Warning: Permanently added 'ssh.resindevice.io,52.45.185.102' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
debug2: set_newkeys: mode 1
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug2: set_newkeys: mode 0
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: Roaming not allowed by server
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
debug2: service_accept: ssh-userauth
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug1: pubkey_prepare: ssh_get_authentication_socket: No such file or directory
debug2: key: /home/Raphael/.ssh/id_rsa (0x0),
debug2: key: /home/Raphael/.ssh/id_dsa (0x0),
debug2: key: /home/Raphael/.ssh/id_ecdsa (0x0),
debug2: key: /home/Raphael/.ssh/id_ed25519 (0x0),
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug3: start over, passed a different list publickey
debug3: preferred publickey,keyboard-interactive,password
debug3: authmethod_lookup publickey
debug3: remaining preferred: keyboard-interactive,password
debug3: authmethod_is_enabled publickey
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Trying private key: /home/Raphael/.ssh/id_rsa
debug3: no such identity: /home/Raphael/.ssh/id_rsa: No such file or directory
debug1: Trying private key: /home/Raphael/.ssh/id_dsa
debug3: no such identity: /home/Raphael/.ssh/id_dsa: No such file or directory
debug1: Trying private key: /home/Raphael/.ssh/id_ecdsa
debug3: no such identity: /home/Raphael/.ssh/id_ecdsa: No such file or directory
debug1: Trying private key: /home/Raphael/.ssh/id_ed25519
debug3: no such identity: /home/Raphael/.ssh/id_ed25519: No such file or directory
debug2: we did not send a packet, disable method
debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
Permission denied (publickey).
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Windows support for resin ssh is not fully in place, we recommend using something like bash or git for running this command. Please see the resin-cli readme for more information https://github.com/resin-io/resin-cli#windows-support

5

on MINGW64 it works fine :slight_smile:

Thanks, I did miss the part where it says it is not supported on CMD / PowerShell.

6

Great! I’m glad I could help :smiley_cat:

7

I figured out what was causing the Problem:

The ssh that comes with chocolatey has problems with the home path. I change my path variable to use the ssh from git everything works as expected.