Last Updated: February 25, 2016
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SSH Public Key Authentication

#ssh
#authentication
#public key

If you're trying to get SSH public key authentication working and get the following:

Authentication refused: bad ownership or modes for directory /home/user

Fix your permissions with:

chmod g-w /home/user
chmod 700 /home/user/.ssh
chmod 600 /home/user/.ssh/authorized_keys
#ssh
#authentication
#public key

Written by Ben Mills

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