Re: SSH Server permissions

[Phil Savoie <psavoie1783 rogers com>]

On February 12, 2004 23:15, Ragone_Andrew wrote:
> I keep gettin this error on start...I tried chmod 1775 but that doesnt work
> either...any ideas on what the perms are?
>
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> Failed to start SSH server : Starting
> sshd:@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @ WARNING:
> UNPROTECTED PRIVATE KEY FILE! @
> @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Permissions
> 0775 for '/etc/ssh/ssh_host_key' are too open. It is recommended that your
Hi,

Try chmod 600 /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key

as the root user.  This works out to read/write for the owner and nothing for 
group and world

Phil