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I connected to bastion-staging (ftp server-name) through ssh (from local machine). I have get access through sudo bash.

Now I am trying to ssh from bastion-staging (myserver-name) to ecash (another-server).

But when I run:

ssh root@ecash

I get an error:

          WARNING: UNPROTECTED PRIVATE KEY FILE!          @
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Permissions 0777 for '/root/.ssh/id_rsa' are too open.
It is recommended that your private key files are NOT accessible by others.
This private key will be ignored.
bad permissions: ignore key: /root/.ssh/id_rsa

Moreover, I have no password for ecash , I've been said I could ssh as root to another server (e.g ecash).

What should I do now?

ctrl-alt-delor
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Waqas Rana
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  • Permissions 0777 for '/root/.ssh/id_rsa' are too open. <=== –  Oct 08 '16 at 04:18
  • Did you check the permissions on the file? Or better: if this is a copy of the same key (because you trust the remote) then use ssh -A. And why become root? – ctrl-alt-delor May 20 '22 at 20:20

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Fix the permissions for the file indicated in the error message (running the following as root):

chmod 600 /root/.ssh/id_rsa

The id_rsa contains a private key required, in your case, to connect to the ecash server. It should be protected from access by unauthorised accounts (much like the password).

Having 777 permissions to the means, however, the file is readable by anyone and SSH refuses to use the file. Changing the permissions to 600 makes the file readable and writable by the owner (root) account only which is a minimal requirement for ssh command to use the file.

techraf
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