> > Harig, Mark A. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OK. So, it appears that Cygwin users > > of openssh have one of two options: > > > > 1. chmod 700 ~ > > chgrp 18 ~/.ssh > > chmod 750 ~/.ssh > > > > or > > > > 2. chmod 755 ~ > > chmod 700 ~/.ssh > > > > Do you have a recommendation on which of > > these two options is more secure? > > I'm assuming you meant: > $ chmod 750 ~ > $ chgrp 18 ~ > $ chmod 700 ~/.ssh > Since obviously world-readable ~ is less secure than > user-only-readable ~. > > In which case, 1. seems better to me, because it actually > grants SYSTEM > permissions where it needs them, rather than granting them > somewhere else > and Windows weirdness making things work. > >
I have been using option 1. My question comes from the fact that Corinna Vinschen recommended that ~/.ssh be set to 700 (which is what 'set-keygen' sets it to) and that she had pointed to my 'chmod 700 ~' as the reason that openssh would not work if I set ~/.ssh to 700. Is there a consensus about what to recommend to Cygwin users, or does openssh work for some people with both ~ and ~/.ssh set to 700? (In which, case multiple recommendations would need to be made.) -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
