On 30Mar2006 23:23, Michael Johnson <mjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: | On Mar 30, 2006, at 11:09 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote: | >This is from /var/log/secure? | | Nope...but this comment got me to look there. =-) | sshd[15622]: Authentication refused: bad ownership or modes for | directory /root/.ssh | | >I'd check: | > /root | > No public or group write perms on /root, /root/.ssh or the | > authorized_keys file. | | Ding ding ding...we have a winner. | | The permissions were fine, but the ownership was messed up. I | restored /root/.ssh to root:root and it was fine. | | I guess it helps to look in the right log file. | | Thanks for the kick in the head. Staring at a problem too long and | hard can make you completely miss the obvious. I have the advantage of having stared too long and hard at exactly this kind of problem in the past:-) -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ When asked what would I most want to try before doing it, I said Death. - Michael Burton, michaelb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
