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Re: Why isn't ssh reading ~/.ssh/id_rsa?


On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Adam Dinwoodie wrote:
> John.E.Gregg wrote:
>> I'm just installed cygwin on a new laptop. ÂI've been using cygwin ssh
>> for years but am stumped by this new install. Â~/.ssh/id_rsa file is
>> not checked at login. ÂInstead, /.ssh/id_rsa is checked.
>
> See http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2012-02/msg00629.html.
>
> In short, your /etc/passwd doesn't list your home directory, so ~ doesn't
> always expand as expected. The fix is to edit /etc/passwd by hand and
> specify your home directory explicitly there.

Would simply adding HOME to the environment resolve the issue?

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