ssh &mdash; Ignored By Dinosaurs 🦕 https://www.ignoredbydinosaurs.com/tag:ssh Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:40:11 -0400 Why doesn't 'authorized_keys' work? https://www.ignoredbydinosaurs.com/223-why-doesn-t-authorized_keys-work <![CDATA[For a while now I've been leaving my work computer on 24/7 and remoting in to do all my work when I'm out in the world. I have the same public key on both machines (perhaps not the safest thing in the world, true), so I was confused by why I needed to enter my password every time I logged in to my work computer. Not so confused that I took the time to figure it out until recently. I had set permissions on the authorizedkeys file to 400, but for some reason it needs to be 600. doesn't work -r-------- 1 grubb staff 410 Nov 27 10:13 authorizedkeys works -rw------- 1 grubb staff 410 Nov 27 10:13 authorized_keys #ssh #devops]]> For a while now I've been leaving my work computer on 24/7 and remoting in to do all my work when I'm out in the world. I have the same public key on both machines (perhaps not the safest thing in the world, true), so I was confused by why I needed to enter my password every time I logged in to my work computer. Not so confused that I took the time to figure it out until recently.

I had set permissions on the authorized_keys file to 400, but for some reason it needs to be 600.

doesn't work

-r-------- 1 grubb staff 410 Nov 27 10:13 authorized_keys

works

-rw------- 1 grubb staff 410 Nov 27 10:13 authorized_keys

#ssh #devops

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