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Fix .ssh permissions for all files and sub-directories
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fixPermissionsSshDir.sh
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER ~/.ssh
find ~/.ssh -type f -exec chmod 400 -- {} +
find ~/.ssh -type f -name '*.pub' -exec chmod 444 -- {} +
sudo chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
sudo chmod 664 ~/.ssh/config
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jpSimkins commented May 7, 2022 •
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Note: The 400 and 444 for the files is a more secure setup as even you cannot modify these files. You will need sudo to remove them. If you don't like this, you can use 600 and 644 respectively. This will give you write/delete access while still preventing others from messing with them.

This can be run from any location in terminal.

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