Re: [Sheflug] File permissions for ssh keys.

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <nospam [at] sk.tsukuba.ac.jp>]

>>>>> "zzzz" == zzzz  <zzzz [at] zapata.freeserve.co.uk> writes:

    zzzz> Barrie Bremner wrote:
    >> I'm attempting to login to noodles via ssh using RSA key
    >> authorization, my only problem being a report of bad modes for
    >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys.
    >> 
    >> What file permissions and ownerships work for this file?

    zzzz> 600 (i.e. rw-------)

    zzzz> And owned by you :-)

I believe that ~/.ssh itself needs to be unwritable by others; I use
700, but I think 711 or 755 may also be acceptable.


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