From 0879622ccc5a92902c6ffd88391824cfb2d27924 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Colin Watson Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 16:09:58 +0000 Subject: Allow harmless group-writability Allow secure files (~/.ssh/config, ~/.ssh/authorized_keys, etc.) to be group-writable, provided that the group in question contains only the file's owner. Rejected upstream for IMO incorrect reasons (e.g. a misunderstanding about the contents of gr->gr_mem). Given that per-user groups and umask 002 are the default setup in Debian (for good reasons - this makes operating in setgid directories with other groups much easier), we need to permit this by default. Bug: https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1060 Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=314347 Last-Update: 2013-09-14 Patch-Name: user-group-modes.patch --- ssh.1 | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'ssh.1') diff --git a/ssh.1 b/ssh.1 index 27794e2d0..ff5e6acab 100644 --- a/ssh.1 +++ b/ssh.1 @@ -1352,6 +1352,8 @@ The file format and configuration options are described in .Xr ssh_config 5 . Because of the potential for abuse, this file must have strict permissions: read/write for the user, and not writable by others. +It may be group-writable provided that the group in question contains only +the user. .Pp .It Pa ~/.ssh/environment Contains additional definitions for environment variables; see -- cgit v1.2.3