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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"SSH KeyFilePath parameter not working ","articleBody":"When I try running New-PSSession or Enter-PSSession using a public key, powershell either:\r\n1. When passed a valid KeyFilePath, complains that it doesn't exist and continues gracefully to password-based authentication.\r\n2. When passed a bogus KeyFilePath, throws an ItemNotFoundException\r\n\r\nSteps to reproduce\r\n------------------\r\n```powershell\r\n\u003e New-PSSession -UserName \"xx\" -KeyFilePath \"/fakepath\" -Hostname \" xx.xx.xx.xx\"\r\nNew-PSSession : Cannot find path 'doesntexist' because it does not exist.\r\nAt line:1 char:1\r\n+ New-PSSession -UserName \"Administrator\" -KeyFilePath \"doesntexist\" -H ...\r\n+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r\n    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (doesntexist:String) [New-PSSession], ItemNotFoundException\r\n    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewPSSessionCommand\r\n\r\n\u003e New-PSSession -UserName \"xx\" -KeyFilePath \"~/.ssh/id_rsa\" -Hostname \" xx.xx.xx.xx\"\r\nWarning: Identity file \"/Users/cquinonez/.ssh/workgangkey\" not accessible: No such file or directory.\r\n\r\n```\r\n\r\nExpected behavior\r\n-----------------\r\n```powershell\r\n\u003e  New-PSSession -UserName \"xx\" -KeyFilePath \"/fakepath\" -Hostname \" xx.xx.xx.xx\"\r\nWarning: Identity file \"/Users/cquinonez/.ssh/workgangkey\" not accessible: No such file or directory.\r\n\u003e  New-PSSession -UserName \"xx\" -KeyFilePath \"\u003cvalidKeyFilePath\u003e\" -Hostname \" xx.xx.xx.xx\"\r\n\r\n Id Name            ComputerName    ComputerType    State         ConfigurationName     Availability\r\n -- ----            ------------    ------------    -----         -----------------     ------------\r\n  1 SSH1            xx.xx.xx.xx     RemoteMachine   Opened        DefaultShell             Available\r\n```\r\n\r\n\r\nActual behavior\r\n---------------\r\n![untitled](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/9924835/28905960-ee6d962a-77c8-11e7-9cb5-e8b306345d03.png)\r\n\r\nI've verified that `Test-Path` also correctly detects the key file as well.\r\n\r\nEnvironment data\r\n----------------\r\n```powershell\r\n\u003e $PSVersionTable\r\nName                           Value\r\n----                           -----\r\nPSVersion                      6.0.0-beta\r\nPSEdition                      Core\r\nGitCommitId                    v6.0.0-beta.4\r\nOS                             Darwin 16.7.0 Darwin Kernel Version 16.7.0: Thu Jun 15 17:36:27 PDT 2017; root:xnu-3789.70.16~2/RELEASE_X86_64\r\nPlatform                       Unix\r\nPSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}\r\nPSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3\r\nSerializationVersion           1.1.0.1\r\nWSManStackVersion              3.0\r\n```\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/luzlab","@type":"Person","name":"luzlab"},"datePublished":"2017-08-03T04:25:18.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":13},"url":"https://github.com/4475/PowerShell/issues/4475"}