Administrator account

An account with elevated system privileges, typically required for system configuration and management tasks.

SSH Configuration Note

When configuring SSH access for an Administrator account on Windows (using OpenSSH):

• Authorized keys must be placed in C:\ProgramData\ssh\administrators_authorized_keys — Windows OpenSSH ignores ~\.ssh\authorized_keys for admin accounts. This was the root cause of configuration issues in the past.

Related concepts:

• ssh
• OpenSSH
• authorized_keys
• WSL

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