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Issue:

ssh public key (password-less) is not working

Solution:

There are a number if reasons that is this may not be working. Most solutions have to do with file or directory permissions.

Directory permissions

The /home directory where the .ssh directory is located must have permission 700. The remote host I was ssh'ing to had a permission of 775 on the users home directory (/home/kurtis). Changing the permisson of the directory (/home/kurtis) to 700 fixed the issu.

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