Siva wrote: > Re: binary distro of OpenSSH 3.8.1p1
If this is a reply to a previous message then please send it as an actual reply, don't start a new thread. Otherwise, you break threading in the archives and for anyone using a threaded email client. > I've been unable to use Cygwin's OpenSSH on Vista w/public key > authentication because ssh.exe always states the file permissions on the > private key file--"id_rsa"--are too open. > > I've used the chmod.exe utility to change the permissions on the id_rsa > file to 600, but ssh.exe still pops up with the same error message. > > I've also used Windows' cacls.exe command to alter the ACLs for the file > to be ONLY read-accesible to the current user, and the same thing happens. > > This behavior DOES NOT occur on XP and 2000 when I try it, i. e. > chmod.exe WORKS on these OSs to change id_rsa's permissions so that > ssh.exe is happy (i. e. to 0600). > > Is there a specific bona-fide way to set the id_rsa file's permission to > always be acceptable to Cygwin SSH on Vista, in addition to the other > Windows OSs? I can't reproduce this. I just tried using a stock Cygwin 1.5.24 and OpenSSH 4.6p1-1 under Vista and it worked fine. The default permissions set on the private keyfile by ssh-keygen worked without any fiddling. $ ls -l .ssh/id* -rw------- 1 brian None 1675 Jun 29 19:20 .ssh/id_rsa -rw-r--r-- 1 brian None 393 Jun 29 19:20 .ssh/id_rsa.pub So, I think you're going to need to give us a lot more information about your config, starting with the cygcheck output as requested at <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>. It would also be good to know why you're trying to use this very old version of OpenSSH, which might mean that your version of Cygwin is ancient too. Brian -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
