Re: ssh key problem

[Thomas Reinhold <mail () thomasreinhold de>]

Hi,

it's mounted as vfat. I don't think I can change it, for the usb device 
is also an mp3-player which wouldn't play music anymore if the file 
system would be changed.

Regards, Thomas

Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers wrote:
> On 2005-01-07 Thomas Reinhold wrote:
>
> > I've got a little problem with my ssh authentication. I'm using RSA
> > based key authentication when logging on to remote machines via open
> > ssh (on Debian Sarge).
> >
> > Everything is working fine, but now after having put my keys on a
> > usb-stick the ssh-client doesn't accept them anymore due to bad file
> > permissions (not restrictive enough). I can change those permissions
> > while the usb device is mounted, but after remounting they are set
> > back to the old state.
> >
> > Is there any way to tell the ssh-client to ignore those file-
> > permissions?
>
>
> What kind of filesystem do you use on that USB stick? Maybe the issue
> can be solved by using appropriate mount options rather than
> circumventing the insecure permissions warning.
>
> Regards
> Ansgar Wiechers