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Using an encrypted passphrase with PowerShell

2022-06-22 21:27

I am trying to use PowerShell to upload files using an encrypted passphrase. I keep getting a "Wrong passphrase" error. I used the template that the WinSCP GUI provided and added the PrivateKeyPassphrase property.

Here is the commands I used to create the encrypted passphrase:

$Secure = Read-Host -AsSecureString
$Encrypted = ConvertFrom-SecureString -SecureString $Secure
$Encrypted | Set-Content Encrypted.txt

Here is the PowerShell code (I obfuscated user and key information):

# Set up session options
$sessionOptions = New-Object WinSCP.SessionOptions -Property @{
    Protocol = [WinSCP.Protocol]::Sftp
    HostName = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
    UserName = "xxxxxxxx"
    SshHostKeyFingerprint = "ssh-rsa 2048 uKAqf7+...TvbBFrEkyxY="
    SshPrivateKeyPath = "C:\Projects\PrivateKey\PrivateKey.ppk"
    PrivateKeyPassphrase = ConvertTo-SecureString "01000000d08c9ddf0115...719f9ddf1d944d7cd5e"
}
 
$session = New-Object WinSCP.Session
 
try
{
    # Connect
    $session.Open($sessionOptions)
 
    # Your code
}
finally
{
    $session.Dispose()
}

Here is the response:

Exception calling "Open" with "1" argument(s): "Connection has been unexpectedly closed. Server sent command exit status 0.
Authentication log (see session log for details):
Using username "xxxxxxxx".
Authenticating with public key "rsa-key-20200313".
Wrong passphrase.
Authentication failed."
At C:\Projects\PowerShell\PS-11.ps1:19 char:5
+     $session.Open($sessionOptions)
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : SessionRemoteException

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