SSH File and Folder Permissions

Published on October 25, 2019 by John Ward

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Here are the file permissions of the files in your ~/.ssh folder, as well as the .ssh folder itself.

SSH File Permissions:

  • chmod 700 ~/.ssh

  • chmod 644 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

  • chmod 644 ~/.ssh/known_hosts

  • chmod 644 ~/.ssh/config

  • chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa

  • chmod 644 ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub