If you are trying to setup Students, faculty and staff can correct SSH directory permissions on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Understanding the Error
Users trying to set up Public-Key Authentication and may see this the following error in the logs:
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Authentication refused: bad ownership or modes for directory |
Your problem This issue is related to permissions and/or ownership. The following commands on the user account you are trying to setup set up should fix the problem:
chmod
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go-w
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~/
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chmod
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700
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~/.ssh
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chmod
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600
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~/.ssh/authorized_keys
If that doesn’t work make sure you check, denyhosts, the commands above do not work, try to run the commands listed below:
denyhostspam system-auth
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configyour sshd_config
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