Permissions are too open. Warning! Unprotected Private Key File

I’m planning on taking on a Linux certification exam soon so I’ll be dropping some quick fix and tricks here for notes.

If you are getting an error when trying to SSH to your server with your private key, this means your permissions are too open.

Quick fix enter the following the command line.

#chmod 600 mykeyfile.pem

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