SSH Key: “Permissions 0644 for 'id_rsa.pub' are too open.” on mac

Question

I generate a ssh key pair on my mac and add the public key to my ubuntu server(in fact, it is a virtual machine on my mac),but when I try to login the ubuntu server,it says:

Answer 1

I suggest you to do:

chmod 400 ~/.ssh/id_rsa

It works fine for me.