On Thu, 5 Dec 2002 20:56:41 -0500
Larry Sanders <rhatman@earthlink.net> wrote:
> I'm figuring it out but still can't doit: one user having access
> to another user's home directory when logging in with ssh, or putty.
>
> Here is the details: on my firewall machine (moshe), I have the sshd
> service active and the iptables filter allows access to login.
> Consider two users, larry and amy, who can indipendently login if the
> file protections are set 700 (rwx for owner).
> Larry needs access to /home/amy so larry can give amy work.
> So change the protection to 770 on /home/amy, then add the
> group amy to user larry and create a symbolic link in /home/larry.
> Now larry can get easily to amy's home directory as a subdirectory
> of his own. BUT amy can no longer login because of ssh, which
> reports an error of bad modes on /home/amy
>
> How can I create access for user larry into amy's /home/amy
> so when amy connects, then her work is in her home directory?
>
> TIA
> Larry :-)
I'm guessing you did a `chmod -R 770 /home/amy` ? If that's the case, sshd is probably complaining about the perms on ~/.ssh and/or ~/.ssh2 , which hold keys among other things. If you must have all of /home/amy group-writable, try making .ssh and .ssh2 (if they exist) 700 again.
Levi
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