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Subject:	Re: sshd can't do publickey auth with .ssh linked to /cygdrive/c/rest/of/path
Date:	Wed, 5 Feb 2003 20:34:06 -0000
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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.


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