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| author | Warren Young <warren@etr-usa.com> | 2015-02-25 17:41:23 +0000 |
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| committer | Warren Young <warren@etr-usa.com> | 2015-02-25 17:41:23 +0000 |
| commit | e93954138f44023f4d1d75c3e572295d8230acad (patch) | |
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Applied the "chgrp `id -g`" improvements suggested by Corinna for the FAQ
item about SSH keys not working in 1.7.34+.
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diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml index 9351bc850..372888f4c 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml @@ -1142,9 +1142,24 @@ mode 0600 becomes mode 0660. Because we are saying we want these files to be readable only by our user, the fix for this is easy:</para> <screen> + $ chgrp `id -g` ~/.ssh/* +</screen> + +<para>That resets the group on these files to your default group +which should be something like <computeroutput>Users</computeroutput>, +depending on your local configuration. If that doesn't work, you can +try something like this instead:</para> + +<screen> $ chgrp None ~/.ssh/* </screen> +<para>That group always exists, but its name is different on +non-English versions of Windows. You might also want to use a +domain group instead of a local group if your site uses Windows +domains. For example, you might want to use the <computeroutput>Domain +Users</computeroutput> group instead.</para> + <para>For more information on <command>setfacl</command>, see <ulink url="https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#setfacl"/></para> </answer></qandaentry> |