Re: SSH and home directory permissions

From: Joe Robertson (moebius_at_transit.bitstream.net)
Date: 07/18/03

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    Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 15:45:45 -0500
To: "Young, Randy" <RWYoung@verisign.com>

    I have seen similar problems with openssh. I have a homedir that I want to be 775 (700 on the .ssh dir) that I can't get authorized_keys to work unless the homedir is 755. I haven't looked too hard for override knobs, but it would be nice to find nonetheless.

    Joe

    On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 11:57:57AM -0700, Young, Randy wrote:

    > It's really the .ssh directory under home which is critical on permissions. Make sure that is maximum of 755.
    >
    > Randy
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Richard Sabag [mailto:richard.sabag@abnamro.com]
    > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 8:15 AM
    > To: secureshell@securityfocus.com
    > Subject: SSH and home directory permissions
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > Folks,
    >
    > I'm having a problem using SSH with keys from Unix to Unix. If the home
    > directory has 777 permissions then "ssh" will not work. If I change them
    > to 755 it will work. It's easy enough to change them to 755 permissions
    > but when you have a home directory that is a link (777) there is a
    > problem.
    >
    > Any suggessions would be appreciated
    >
    > Thanks

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