RE: Cannot ssh: "Connection reset by peer" error when connecting

["Morche Matthias" <Matthias dot Morche at P7S1Produktion dot de>]

ssh never worked for me if the private key file was set be to readable by everyone...
Did You start sshd with debugging, did You have a look into /var/log/sshd.log?

 
> Interestingly I saw that post just before making my posting 
> here.  That
> was the last attempt I made to fix it.  I tried to chown SYSTEM.SYSTEM
> .ssh/* which had no effect whatsoever on the ownership.  This 
> user also has full administrative rights.  
> 
> Here is the directory listing for /home/user/.ssh:
> 
> total 4
> drwxr-xr-x    2 user   Kein            0 Jun  9 17:11 .
> drwxr-xr-x    3 user   Kein            0 Jun  9 16:09 ..
> -rw-r--r--    1 user   Kein          225 Jun  9 17:11 authorized_keys
> -rw-r--r--    1 user   Kein          887 Jun  9 17:11 id_rsa
> -rw-r--r--    1 user   Kein          225 Jun  9 17:11 id_rsa.pub
> -rw-r--r--    1 user   Kein          447 Jun  9 17:12 known_hosts
> 
> 
> However, given that they are all mode 644 I would think that would be
> enough.  I've also seen this thread
> http://archive.erdelynet.com/ssh-l/2001-06/msg00057.php which 
> indicates
> 644 should be enough (what I would also tend to think).
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