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On 2008-02-10 13:49Z, [raw email address removed] wrote:
> 
> For some reason I am now seeing the following in my ssh login screen  
> and I am unable to use my CVS...
> http://www.bodnarchuk.com/GB/cygwin_this_private_key_will_be_ignored.jpg

Transcribing from that screenshot (you could cut and paste it...):
  WARNING: UNPROTECTED PRIVATE KEY FILE!
  Permissions 0644 for [file] are too open

The first thing I'd try is
  chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa

Then, only if 'chmod' doesn't work, see:
  http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.using.chmod

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