You don't want mode 777, which is too insecure. Use mode 700 which won't let anyone else see your public key. -Dominic Dominic Rivera (503) 947-7308 dominic.rivera@xxxxxxxxxxx >>> redhat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 10/27/03 12:02PM >>> I was wondering if anyone could give me some help with this. I have a windows machine running the ssh client from ssh.com I have a rh9 box running the openssh server. I can connect using my username/password. But i am trying to set it up so i can log in using public key authentication and its failing. I generated a key, converted it to openssh format (https://support.ssh.com/rqcustomer/servlet/kb?page=kb_info&defid=1951) I ran sshd in debug mode and the only obvious error message i found was: debug1: trying public key file /home/merk/.ssh/authorized_keys2 Authentication refused: bad ownership or modes for file /home/merk/.ssh/authorized_keys2 I set ownership to my home dir, the ssh dir and the key file to merk:users and mode to 777 but I still get that error message. Any ideas as to what i am doing wrong? ian -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
