From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 23 14:48:37 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99FF310656F5 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:48:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@boosten.org) Received: from smtpq1.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net (smtpq1.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net [212.54.42.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 536678FC17 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:48:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@boosten.org) Received: from [212.54.42.144] (helo=smtp13.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net) by smtpq1.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MJ7Ia-00059s-5q; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:48:36 +0200 Received: from [84.25.72.219] (helo=ra.egypt.nl) by smtp13.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MJ7IS-0001yX-Rb; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:48:28 +0200 Received: from [192.168.13.77] (Peters-iPod.egypt.nl [192.168.13.77]) by ra.egypt.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E18239840; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:48:27 +0200 (CEST) References: Message-Id: <4B45B6F6-007E-4DDC-994F-1369FEAEBA7D@boosten.org> From: Peter Boosten To: Daniel Underwood In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: iPod Mail (7A341) Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPod Mail 7A341) Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:48:25 +0200 X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-ID: 1MJ7IS-0001yX-Rb X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-2.6, required 5, autolearn=not spam, BAYES_00 -2.60, SPF_PASS -0.00) X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-From: peter@boosten.org X-Spam-Status: No Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: ~/.ssh directory permissions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:48:38 -0000 On 23 jun 2009, at 16:06, Daniel Underwood wrote: > Looking at my ~/.ssh directory, I see the following permissions: > > -rw-r--r-- > > Which I understand to be equivalent to 644. > > I read here that > ~/.ssh ought to have permissions 700. > > Which is preferable, and why? > __ 700, you private key(s) go in there. Peter