Facing issue while setting up password less ssh authentication

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Unable to perform password less authentication via ssh due to bad (too open) home directory permissions.

    Dec 29 13:06:15 rhel sshd[X]: debug1: trying public key file /home/test/.ssh/authorized_keys
Dec 29 13:06:15 rhel sshd[X]: debug1: fd 4 clearing O_NONBLOCK
Dec 29 13:06:15 rhel sshd[X]: Authentication refused: bad ownership or modes for directory /home/test
Dec 29 13:06:15 rhel sshd[X]: debug1: restore_uid: 0/0
Dec 29 13:06:15 rhel sshd[X]: debug3: mm_answer_keyallowed: key 0x5556037223f0 is not allowed
Dec 29 13:06:15 rhel sshd[X]: Failed publickey for abc from X.X.X.X port XXXX ssh2: RSA SHA256:XXX

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (All Versions)

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