Public bug reported:
When I use ssh-keygen -R to remove a host from known_hosts it changes
permissions on the file. This causes problems particularly when used on
the global known hosts file (/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts), because then
only root can read it. Programs running non-interactively as non-root
users suddenly fail to SSH and it's not immediately obvious why.
To reproduce:
$ ssh-keyscan github.com >test_known_hosts
$ chmod 741 test_known_hosts
$ ssh-keygen -R github.com -f test_known_hosts
$ stat test_known_hosts
...
Access: (0600/-rw-------) ...
Expected behavior: file permissions remain unchanged (mode 0741 in this
example).
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS
Release: 18.04
$ apt-cache policy openssh-client
openssh-client:
Installed: 1:7.6p1-4ubuntu0.6
** Affects: openssh (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1966591
Title:
ssh-keygen -R changes known_hosts file permissions (mode)
Status in openssh package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
When I use ssh-keygen -R to remove a host from known_hosts it changes
permissions on the file. This causes problems particularly when used
on the global known hosts file (/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts), because
then only root can read it. Programs running non-interactively as non-
root users suddenly fail to SSH and it's not immediately obvious why.
To reproduce:
$ ssh-keyscan github.com >test_known_hosts
$ chmod 741 test_known_hosts
$ ssh-keygen -R github.com -f test_known_hosts
$ stat test_known_hosts
...
Access: (0600/-rw-------) ...
Expected behavior: file permissions remain unchanged (mode 0741 in
this example).
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS
Release: 18.04
$ apt-cache policy openssh-client
openssh-client:
Installed: 1:7.6p1-4ubuntu0.6
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