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# 8  
Old 12-26-2010
try doing this at the client side...
chmod 777 .ssh/authorized_keys
# 9  
Old 12-26-2010
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Originally Posted by swatt
try doing this at the client side...
chmod 777 .ssh/authorized_keys
Permissions "400" is enough for the authorized_keys file. Also important is the permissions on the .ssh directory itself, for which "100" would likely be enough.
Last edited by Scott; 12-26-2010 at 04:53 PM..
# 10  
Old 12-26-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by swatt
chmod 777 .ssh/authorized_keys
777 is not the magic sledgehammer that solves everything. Do you really want the world to be able to modify that file?

ssh can be very picky about the permissions it will accept. too permissive and it considers it insecure and won't go...
# 11  
Old 12-27-2010
you can use this command

ssh-copy-id -i /path/of/public/key username@Hostname

and the will ask you about password , and then will transfer the key
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