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Date:	Thu, 22 Nov 2001 09:53:57 +0100
From:	Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To:	"'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: 1.3.5 openssh strictmodes
Message-ID:	<20011122095357.D27931@cygbert.vinschen.de>
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In-Reply-To:	<7867A43ABE52194C9F2C6E5C15E9C2FA2FC14E@backoff.isecure.com.au>; from Peter@isecure.com.au on Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 01:12:43PM +1100

On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 01:12:43PM +1100, Sundstrom, Peter wrote:
> I start sshd as Administrator.  In sshd_config, I have
> 
> StrictModes yes
> 
> All of the relevant files and directories are owned by Administrator and
> have minimal permissions, ie:
> 
> Administrator AT SCANNER$ ls -ld home etc
> dr-x------    2 Administ None         4096 Nov 22 12:10 etc
> [...]
> Starting sshd in debug mode and then trying to connect to the server, tells
> me:
> 
> debug1: trying public key file /home/Administrator/.ssh/authorized_keys2
> Authentication refused: bad ownership or modes for file
> /cygdrive/c/cygwin/home/Administrator/.ssh/authorized_keys2
> 
> How can this be the case?

Calling `ls -ln' would show you the following:

  dr-x------    2 544      513          4096 Nov 22 12:10 etc

544 is the id of the group Administrators, not the user Administrator
which has id 500.  chown helps.

Corinna

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