Package: openssh-server Version: 1:4.7p1-1 Followup-For: Bug #119886 I ran into the same problem when trying to use backup-manager with ssh uploads. I created a user "backup-manager" on the system I want to upload the backups to, and since I already had to give that user permission to /var/archives, I made /var/archives its home directory. However, backup-manager defaults to 0660 permissions on /var/archives, making ssh refuse to use /var/archives/.ssh/authorized_keys .
It would require a bit more work, but I think the *right* solution here would involve asking if the group which has write permission to the directory contains any users other than the SSH target user. - Josh Triplett -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-rc4 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages openssh-server depends on: ii adduser 3.105 add and remove users and groups ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.17 Debian configuration management sy ii dpkg 1.14.14 package maintenance system for Deb ii libc6 2.7-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libcomerr2 1.40.3-1 common error description library ii libkrb53 1.6.dfsg.3~beta1-2 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries ii libpam-modules 0.99.7.1-5 Pluggable Authentication Modules f ii libpam-runtime 0.99.7.1-5 Runtime support for the PAM librar ii libpam0g 0.99.7.1-5 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libselinux1 2.0.15-2+b1 SELinux shared libraries ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8g-3 SSL shared libraries ii libwrap0 7.6.dbs-14 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra ii lsb-base 3.1-24 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip ii openssh-client 1:4.7p1-1 secure shell client, an rlogin/rsh ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-8 compression library - runtime openssh-server recommends no packages. -- debconf information: ssh/new_config: true * ssh/use_old_init_script: true ssh/encrypted_host_key_but_no_keygen: ssh/disable_cr_auth: false -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]