Re: ssh key problem

[Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>]

On 2005-01-07 Thomas Reinhold wrote:
> Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers wrote:
> > On 2005-01-07 Thomas Reinhold wrote:

[ SSH keys on USB stick ]

> > > 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.
>
> 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.

Try mounting the device with "-o uid=`id -u`,umask=077", maybe that will
do the trick.

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
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