Public / Private Key Set Up but Not Working?

• Wed, Apr 25, 2007
• One-minute read

When you set up public key authentication, make sure your authorized_keys2 file has the permissions set to 600. If you don’t, it’s likely that you will still be prompted for your password.

chmod 600 authorized_keys*

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