sshd

If ssh private/public keypair authentication is failing, check the logs on the server side for permission errors.  On Debian/Ubuntu check for these errors in “/var/log/auth.log”. # error if authorized_keys file has too wide a permission for others Authentication refused: bad ownership or modes for file /home/myuser/.ssh/authorized_keys # error if .ssh directory has too wide a … Bash: fixing SSH authentication error “bad ownership or modes for file/directory”