Marc Bejarano wrote: > i'm still not subscribed to this list so i would be grateful if i > could be left on the cc: line of this thread. .... > new error: > Authentication refused: bad ownership or modes for directory / > > perms: > drwxrwxr-x+ 10 Administ Administ 0 Feb 4 13:58 // > > ok. that's ridiculous. i'm not changing the owner of / just so > it'll be more convenient to share the default key directory that scrt > uses. > > the real problem is that openssh checks ownership and modes up the > tree > from the authorized_keys2 file until it hits your home dir. since my > home dir is under /home, it never hits that.
How about mounting the SecureCRT keys directory to /home/you/.ssh ? Then, as far as sshd is concerned, it _is_ under your home dir. $ mount -b -u C:\path\to\securecrt\keys\dir /home/you/.ssh Max. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/