PowerShell / PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH

Different result from ssh and powershell

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Description

"OpenSSH for Windows" version
OpenSSH_for_Windows_7.9p1, LibreSSL 2.6.5

Server OperatingSystem
Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter

Client OperatingSystem
Fedora 29 / Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter

What is failing
cmdlets Get-Hotfix

Expected output
Source Description HotFixID InstalledBy InstalledOn


SVRTMP Security Update KB3004365 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
SVRTMP Hotfix KB3004545 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
SVRTMP Update KB3012235 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
SVRTMP Update KB3012702 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM

Actual output
get-hotfix : Access denied
At line:1 char:1

  • get-hotfix
  •   + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-HotFix], ManagementExcept
     ion
      + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Management.ManagementException,Microsoft.
     PowerShell.Commands.GetHotFixCommand
    
    

The user is a domain user with standard user rigths (only remote desktop capability).
If i send the cmdlet from powershell connected in RDP it works without problem, when launched in ssh it respond with Access Denied.

It works in SSH only if the user was added to Local Administrators group on the remote machine (SVRTMP).

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Research direction

No repository files or tests are named. Start by reproducing Get-HotFix over SSH and over RDP with the same standard domain user, then compare the session permissions and error details; done means the access-denied discrepancy is explained and covered by an appropriate repository change or test.

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Assessment

Tech stack
powershell
Domain
authorization, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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