Rich Shepard wrote:
>     My secure log watch summary keeps telling me there's a problem with
> ownership or permissions on ~/.ssh. Currently it's 755 and owned by me. I've
> not changed it so I don't know why I'm suddenly getting this error. The
> exact message is:
>
>    Authentication refused:
>       bad ownership or modes for directory /home/rshepard/.ssh : 6 Time(s)
>
>     Since I logged in remotely via ssh 6 times yesterday (from Carson City and
> Reno), I suppose the authentication messages refer to those connections.
> But, they went through with no problems.
>
>     Can someone explain what the message might be telling me?
>
> Rich
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Rich,

Your .ssh file should not be world readable or executable.  Opens you to 
bad operators.

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Ken Stephens SV Aventura Portland, OR
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