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From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com>
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Subject: Re: SSH looking for identity file in /.ssh
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On Feb 21 08:53, _w_ wrote:
> 
> I just installed Cygwin 1.7.10 and created keys in ~/.ssh.  When I ssh to
> another server, it looks for identity files in /.ssh rather than ~/.ssh.
> 
> I checked /etc/ssh_config and everything is commented out (as it was in my
> old Cygwin installation).  I tried adding "IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa" but
> that didn't help, it kept looking in /.ssh.

That means your home directory is set to / in /etc/passwd.


Corinna

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