Is there a bad ownership or mode for SSH?

Is there a bad ownership or mode for SSH?

As you can see – bad ownership or modes for directory /home/user/.ssh. SSH doesn’t like it if your home or ~/.ssh directories have group write permissions. Your home directory should be writable only by you, ~/.ssh should be 700, and authorized_keys should be 600 : So fixing permissions is the way to go and have this error resolved.

Is there Bad ownership or modes for directory / home / Dave?

Finally we’re getting somewhere – bad ownership or modes for directory /home/dave/.ssh. SSH doesn’t like it if your home or ~/.ssh directories have group write permissions.

What does authorized keys as some ownership or modes missconfiguration?

So authorized_keys as some ownership or modes missconfiguration. I don’t understand because here is the conf for this file : And here is (in case…) the parent .ssh dir: So owners are always git, like owner groups. And files are readable so where could be the trick ?

What does authentication refused mean for a file?

Authentication refused: bad ownership or modes for file /var/git/.ssh/authorized_keys So authorized_keys as some ownership or modes missconfiguration. I don’t understand because here is the conf for this file :

What does it mean when SSH authentication is refused?

SSH Authentication Refused: Bad Ownership or Modes for Directory If you get this error in your logs when trying to set up public key authenticated automatic logins, or while trying to SSH into your account, after setting up the public key the issue is related to permissions.

Is there a verbose mode for SSH authentication?

SSH has a verbose mode i didn’t know about – just add the -v option. Unfortunately this wasn’t particularly useful. Tailing /var/log/secure on the target machine is a lot more useful : Finally we’re getting somewhere – bad ownership or modes for directory /home/dave/.ssh.

Is there a problem with SSH permissions in OpenSSH?

The problem is the fact that file and directory permissions do not meet the requirements of StrictModes, which in OpenSSH is yes by default and should not be changed. Try setting the permissions of authorized_keys to 0600 and the .ssh directory to 0700.