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Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 22:52:21 -0400
To: <jackylam AT solomon-systech DOT com>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
From: Larry Hall <lh-no-personal-replies-please AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: File permission problem
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At 09:59 PM 9/23/2004, you wrote:
>Dear all,
>
>    I have try to generate a private key file so that I don't need
>to enter password everytime I "ssh" to a remote machine. However, "ssh"
>complaints me about the permission of key file. I don't know why "chmod"
>always return 666 or 444 even I want to change the file to 600 or 400.
>
>    Does anymore have idea? Thanks.


Does this describe your situation?

Why doesn't chmod work?
<http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_toc.html#TOC41>


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