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 may see the following error in the logs:
Authentication refused: bad ownership or modes for directory
This issue is related to permissions and/or ownership. The following commands on the user account you are trying to set up should fix the problem:
chmod go-w ~/
- chmod 700 ~/.ssh
- chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
If the commands above do not work, try to run the commands listed below:
- denyhosts
- pam system-auth config
- your sshd_config.
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