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  • SSH Authentication refused: bad ownership or modes for file /home/user/.ssh/authorized_keys

    From nixCraft: Linux Tips, Hacks, Tutorials, And Ideas In Blog Format (RSS/FEED) ( Vivek Gite ) to All on Fri Jan 10 15:26:19 2025


    I
    'm trying to login using ssh keys but server is only allows to login me using a password. The following message is logged into my Linux or Unix server /var/log/secure or /var/log/auth.log file:

    Feb 25 06:36:50 ns5 sshd[26681]: Authentication refused: bad ownership or modes for file /home/user/.ssh/authorized_keys2

    Here is another message:
    May 24 18:28:35 ls-www-1 sshd[531320]: Connection closed by 18.1.2.3 port 43640 [preauth]
    May 24 18:28:44 ls-www-1 sshd[531322]: Authentication refused: bad ownership or modes for file /home/admin/.ssh/authorized_keys
    May 24 18:28:44 ls-www-1 sshd[531322]: Connection closed by authenticating user admin 18.1.2.3 port 43650 [preauth]

    How do I fix this problem?

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