Re: Private key file permissions w/Cygwin OpenSSH on Vista
Simple workaround: Change the compatibility to Windows XP in the properties of ssh.exe (I tested this with binary OpenSSH 3.5p1) Siva-8 wrote: Re: binary distro of OpenSSH 3.8.1p1 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? Let me know. Thanks. -- 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/ -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Private-key-file-permissions-w-Cygwin-OpenSSH-on-Vista-tp11369349p16217864.html Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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/
Re: Private key file permissions w/Cygwin OpenSSH on Vista
Not sure if you are having the exact same issue I had, but I couldn't chmod the files in cygwin either. Then I realized my home directory was on a windows share. I was able to cp the files to my local drive and chmod them, but the changes disappeared when moving the files back to the home directory. To change my home directory to a local path I ran the following command mkpasswd -l -c -p /home this made my home directory in the local /home once this was done I mv all files from the old network share to the local and chmoded them appropriately and was able to use my ssh with rsa keys fine. Shaun Brian Dessent wrote: 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/ -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Private-key-file-permissions-w-Cygwin-OpenSSH-on-Vista-tf4002897.html#a12656729 Sent from the Cygwin Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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/
Re: Private key file permissions w/Cygwin OpenSSH on Vista
On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, sbeavan wrote: Not sure if you are having the exact same issue I had, but I couldn't chmod the files in cygwin either. Then I realized my home directory was on a windows share. I was able to cp the files to my local drive and chmod them, but the changes disappeared when moving the files back to the home directory. To change my home directory to a local path I ran the following command mkpasswd -l -c -p /home this made my home directory in the local /home once this was done I mv all files from the old network share to the local and chmoded them appropriately and was able to use my ssh with rsa keys fine. What you wanted was smbntsec (see http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html). Igor Brian Dessent wrote: 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 -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous. -- Frank Herbert -- 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/
Re: Private key file permissions w/Cygwin OpenSSH on Vista
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/
