Hi, every one!

I recently read Git on the Server - Setting Up the Server 
<http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-on-the-Server-Setting-Up-the-Server>, I 
have a confusion about this paragraph as below:

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Key-based SSH authentication usually enforces security by requiring 
restricted rights on the involved files. To prevent SSH from refusing to 
work, type this:

$ chmod -R go= ~/.ssh
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I had once met this issue in practice, I suddenly can't connect to my 
server using ssh key, and I resolved it by executing the command as above.

But I don't understand how it works, what does "enforces security by 
requiring restricted rights on the involved files" mean?

Can anybody help me with this? Thanks very much!!!!

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