Igor Pechtchanski writes: > > First off, if I'm reading the debug output correctly, sshd is complaining > about the ownership of the home directory *on the server*. Is $HOST a > remote machine, or your local (Windows/Cygwin) one?
Doh !! Thank you for pointing out the obvious :-) Every thing works as expected once I correct the permissions on the server Thanks again Norman > > On Sun, 15 Feb 2004, Norman Vine wrote: > > > Hi all > > > > I am trying to use SSH remote key authentication > > It appears as if the remote $HOST does not like > > the permissions on my home dir > > debug1: Remote: Authentication refused: bad ownership or modes for directory > > /home/$USER > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > debug1: Server refused our key. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
