I have some users which have different $HOME directories than /home/.
The user homes are under /pkg/homeand /pkg owner is a different user, but all users have group access to /pkg. It seems that SSHD will restrict access to authorized_keys (e.g. /pkg/home/usera/.sshd/authorized_keys) because the user is not owner of the full path.
Is there any option for sshd_config to change this restriction?
Best Answer
It doesn't matter who owns /pkg/. If it would be owned by
userathen you would have problems withuserbetc. So it must be something else that prevents SSHD from usingauthorized_keysfile. You have to check if this file is writable only by the owner and if it is owned by proper user. The same applies all parent directories.