Monday, October 25, 2021

[SOLVED] ssh-keygen: The System Cannot Find the Path Specified

Issue

  • ssh-agent, ssh-add all works on Cmder running PowerShell/Posh-Git

  • I have added C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin Environment Variables

  • ssh-keyen works fine on Git Bash,

  • how can I make ssh-keygen to also work with Powershell/Posh-Git ?

EDIT:

It turns out that the error is due to the fact that ssh-keygen in PowerShell is running the ssh-keygen.bat file instead of ssh-keygen.exe

So setting an alias as mention below is the way to go.

I use Set-Alias instead of New-Alias because New-Alias requires me to reset my $profile every now and then, which is weird.

To reset, type . $profile


Solution

One way to do this is to add it to your path.

Unfortunately, there appears to be no way to add only the executable. In other words, you will be required to add the whole bin folder (namely C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin) to your path.

I can show you how to add the whole directory to the path, but I don't think this is what you want. Instead, below is an alternative method that only adds the ssh-keygen.exe executable.

  1. Navigate to $env:homepath\Documents\WindowsPowerShell (create it if you don't have it).
  2. Create a file called profile.ps1.
  3. Add to the file the following line of code.
    New-Alias Ssh-Keygen "C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\ssh-keygen.exe"

Now, each time you launch Powershell, Ssh-Keygen will be available. It even works with tab completion (e.g. type ssh- and press tab, then it automatically becomes Ssh-Keygen).



Answered By - nehcsivart
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