SSH Private Key Permissions using Git GUI or ssh-keygen are too open

Question

Recently I\'ve been unable to clone or push to github, and I\'m trying to find the root cause.

This is on windows

I have cygwin + git as well as msy

Answer 1

I had the same issue on Windows 10 where I tried to SSH into a Vagrant box. This seems like a bug in the old OpenSSH version. What worked for me:

1. Install the latest OpenSSH from http://www.mls-software.com/opensshd.html
2. where.exe ssh

(Note the ".exe" if you are using Powershell)

You might see something like:

C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\ssh.exe
C:\Program Files\OpenSSH\bin\ssh.exe
C:\opscode\chefdk\embedded\git\usr\bin\ssh.exe

Note that in the above example the latest OpenSSH is second in the path so it won't execute.

To change the order:

1. Right-click Windows button -> Settings -> "Edit the System Environment Variables"
2. On the "Advance" tab click "Environment Variables..."
3. Under System Variables edit "Path".
4. Select "C:\Program Files\OpenSSH\bin" and "Move Up" so that it appears on the top.
5. Click OK
6. Restart your Console so that the new environment variables may apply.