"the permissions on ~/.ssh and ~/.ssh/authorized_keys must be secure enough so that other users cannot see the contents"
After looking at auth.log, I get Authentication refused: bad ownership or modes for directory /home/username So, I removed w and x from my main folder for group and others, which made it work, but before I changed that, the .ssh folder had no permissions for group or others, and I changed authorized_keys so that group and others also had no permissions for group and others. So, by what you said, the permissions for .ssh/ and authorized_keys were satisfied, but it still failed because it required the users main folder. Should this behaviour of also expecting certain permissions for the users main folder be considered a bug? Is it documented anywhere? -- ssh autologin fails to work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/669338 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openssh in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs