openssh's behaviour for an unprotected private key file is inconsistent
Issue
- we found that you could open a ssh connection with keys if the private key is world readable. The private key isn't stored in home directory.
- as the user of the key you got a message that the permissions are too open
- as other user who has read access to the key but is not the owner of the key could open the ssh connection
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
- openssh
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