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 > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > Rich,
Your .ssh file should not be world readable or executable. Opens you to bad operators. -- Ken Stephens SV Aventura Portland, OR _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
