Re: scp in unattended batch mode

From: LRW (deja_at_celticbear.com)
Date: 06/17/04 

Date: 17 Jun 2004 12:01:13 -0700

Richard E. Silverman <res@qoxp.net> wrote in message news:<m2wu269s8v.fsf@darwin.oankali.net>...
> >>>>> "LRW" == LRW <deja@celticbear.com> writes:
>
> LRW> I know it's not good security, but just to make sure I had it
> LRW> covered I chmod 777 recursively the entire user's directory on
>
> That would ensure that it *not* work -- ~, ~/.ssh/, and
> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys must normally be writable only by the owner or
> root.

Oh, good to know! Should 744 work, all else being equal?

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