Windows Requiring to add the installation folder to PATH environment variable.

[impeeza]

Prerequisites

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Steps to reproduce

Install a New Windows server 2022, download the latest release https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/releases/tag/v8.9.1.0p1-Beta and extract to %PROGRAMFILES% folder, by example, c:\Program Files\OpenSSH-Win64

Open a powershell prompt with admins privileges and run c:\Program Files\OpenSSH-Win64\Install.ps1

Start OpenSSH Windows Services.

Try a SFTP connection to server from any computer on the network using WinSCP or similar

you get the error: "Cannot initialize SFTP protocol. Is the host running an SFTP server?"

Expected behavior

You should be able to connect to FTP using SFTP

Actual behavior

If you add the path of OpenSSH (c:\Program Files\OpenSSH-Win64\) to System Environment PATH variable and restart the OpenSSH service the connection is successful

This behavior is only on the latest version, the previous version didn't need the installation folder on the path variable.

Why is needed now?  and if really is needed why is not added by the install-sshd.ps1 script?

doesn't have sense you need the variable since SSHD.exe knows where from was executed.

Error details

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Environment data

PS C:\Windows\system32> $PSVersionTable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      5.1.20348.859
PSEdition                      Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion                   10.0.20348.859
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion              3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1

Version

v8.9.1.0p1-Beta

Visuals

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