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AllowGroups statement in sshd_config chokes on umlauts and probably other non [a-z0-9] characters
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Description
Troubleshooting steps
https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/wiki/Troubleshooting-Steps
Terminal issue? please go through wiki
https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/wiki/TTY-PTY-support-in-Windows-OpenSSH
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Please answer the following
"OpenSSH for Windows" version
((Get-Item (Get-Command sshd).Source).VersionInfo.FileVersion)
7.7.2.2
Server OperatingSystem
((Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows nt\CurrentVersion\" -Name ProductName).ProductName)
Windows Server 2019 Datacenter ( 10.0.17763.1339 )
Client OperatingSystem
Windows 10 Pro ( 10.0.19041.388 )
What is failing
Logging in via ssh through a group membership authorization where the group name contains characters like ä.
I tried with another group name that only contains regex [a-z] characters and it worked right away.
Example: AllowGroups domain\käsebrot
Expected output
The prompt of my server
Actual output
Permission denied, please try again.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the AllowGroups case from the issue, using the example group name domain\käsebrot on the stated OpenSSH for Windows and Windows Server versions. Trace how sshd_config reads and matches group names, then verify that login authorization succeeds for names containing umlauts while preserving the existing behavior for ASCII names.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- authorization, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100