Cannot restart sshd service after gaining access to log folder

[hongshu-w]

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Steps to reproduce

Hi team,
We are facing an issue where the sshd service cannot be restarted after a user, other than the built-in administrator, gains write access to the log folder located under ProgramData\ssh.

Steps to Reproduce:

Navigate to the ProgramData\ssh folder.
A user (not the built-in administrator) attempts to gain write access to the log folder by clicking on it and selecting "Continue" to gain access.

Attempt to restart the sshd service.

Expected Result: The sshd service should restart successfully.

Actual Result: The sshd service fails to restart, even though the sshd executable works correctly.

Additional Information:
This issue is easily reproducible as any user can gain write access to the log folder by simply clicking on it and selecting "Continue".

Expected behavior

Can restart sshd service

Actual behavior

Restart-Service : Failed to start service 'OpenSSH SSH Server (sshd)'.

Error details

Restart-Service : Failed to start service 'OpenSSH SSH Server (sshd)'.
At line:1 char:1
+ Restart-Service sshd
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : OpenError: (System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController:ServiceController) [Restart-Service]
   , ServiceCommandException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : StartServiceFailed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RestartServiceCommand

Environment data

PS C:\Windows\system32> $PSVersionTable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      5.1.26100.10034
PSEdition                      Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion                   10.0.26100.10034
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion              3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1

Version

OpenSSH_for_Windows_9.5p1, LibreSSL 3.8.2

Visuals

No response

[tgauth]

Please see #2290 (comment) for a workaround.

This behavior was changed in PowerShell/openssh-portable#761 which will be included in a future release.