OpenSSH 3.5p1 (HP version): permissions of public identity
Ulrich Windl <Ulrich.Windl <at> rz.uni-regensburg.de>
2003-09-04 07:05:55 GMT
Hello,
I just received thes odd messages from HP-UX Secure Shell A.03.50.000.
(OpenSSH 3.5p1):
# ssh-add id_rsa.pub
5215: <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at>
5215: <at> WARNING: UNPROTECTED PRIVATE KEY FILE! <at>
5215: <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at> <at>
5215: Permissions 0644 for 'id_rsa.pub' are too open.
5215: It is recommended that your private key files are NOT accessible by
others.
5215: This private key will be ignored.
5215: bad permissions: ignore key: id_rsa.pub
Enter passphrase for id_rsa.pub:
Now I think the ".pub" is a public key, so what's wrong with the permissions?
Also, when private key will be ignored, why then ask for a password?
I'm a bit confused.
Regards,
Ulrich