Windows 10 OpenSSH Server on Windows 10, using key instead of password with an Administrator account.

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So I am past the point of getting OpenSSH server to run. I have disabled password ssh login and only use keys. Public key is in c:/Users/user/.ssh/authorized_keys. It's already running, and I can connect remotely to a non-administrator user on the Windows machine with a key.


The problem is that I can't do the same for an administrator account. The key is in %programdata%/ssh/administrators_authorized_keys. I have followed these directions in an attempt to fix the possible permission issue:

PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH


but there is no change. I still can't log into an administrator user:


: Permission denied (publickey,keyboard-interactive).


Am I missing something else?

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