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RE: SSH and Remote Key authentication


Larry Hall writes:
> 
> At 03:25 PM 2/15/2004, Norman Vine you wrote:
> >Hi all
> >
> >I am trying to use SSH remote key authentication  
> >It appears as if the remote $HOST does not like 
> >the permissions on my home dir
> >
> >Any guidance appreciated
> >
> >$ cd ~
> >
> >$ ls -ld
> >drwxr-xr-x+  21 $USER      None        32768 Feb 13 06:29 .
> >
> >$ ls -ld .ssh
> >drwx------+   3 $USER      None         4096 Feb 12 13:49 .ssh
> >
> >$ ssh -v $USER@$HOST

> >debug1: Remote: Authentication refused: bad ownership or modes for directory /home/$USER
> >                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > 
> 
> Sounds like a simple permissions problem on ~/.ssh/identity.  Your best
> bet is to read up on openssh docs so that you're sure you get everything 
> configured correctly

AFAICT I have the correct permissions on ~/.ssh/identity
and the permissions on the $HOST files are identical to 
those that admin@$HOST uses to connect from a remote Linux machine

$ cd ~
$ ls -la .ssh/identity
-rw-------    1 $USER      None          525 Feb 12 14:51 .ssh/identity

Thanks

Norman


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