Saturday, January 31, 2015

.ssh permissions on a *nix box

Mostly to remind myself...set .ssh permissions on a *nix box.  From ~:

chmod 700 .ssh
chmod 644 .ssh/id_rsa.pub
chmod 600 .ssh/id_rsa

End result is:

  • .ssh directory is (drwx------)
  • public key (.pub file) is (-rw-r--r--)
  • private key (id_rsa) is (-rw-------)

That's better.


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