← All Kali Issues
SSH

Key too open permissions

P Permission Medium

🔴 Error Message

WARNING: UNPROTECTED PRIVATE KEY FILE

📖 What This Means

SSH key file has too broad permissions.

🔧 Step-by-Step Fix

  1. Fix: chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa
  2. Fix directory: chmod 700 ~/.ssh
  3. SSH requires strict key file permissions

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