SSH Public key failed authentication

Security ssh

Posted on March 20, 2015 | by admin

Set permissions with

chmod 700 .ssh chmod 600 .ssh/authorized_keys

If find the following in your logs.

sshd[28426]: error: Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key

sshd[28426]: Authentication refused: bad ownership or modes for file /home/beta/.ssh/authorized_keys

Check in logs for clues

For Debian:

less /var/log/auth.log

For Redhat:

less /var/log/secure

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