Ssh with public key authentication

Sweetman, David E RDECOM CIO david.sweetman at us.army.mil
Wed Sep 13 18:54:01 UTC 2006


 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com 
> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of BERES Laszlo
> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 1:34 PM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: Ssh with public key authentication
> 
> Sweetman, David E RDECOM CIO írta:
> 
> > I chmod ed to 700 and still no success.
> 
> Take a look at the server's log!
> 

I (finally) checked the Security log.  And there it is:
 Authentication failure refused: bad ownership or modes for directory
/u/desweetm


Permissions were 775 on my home directory.
I then: chmod 750 home
and I can connect.  

Thanks,
Dave Sweetman



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