# Fix Authorized Keys Permissions

> How to Fix Authorized Keys Permissions - Linux

- Canonical URL: <https://carlossura.com/blog/fix-authorized-keys-permissions/>
- Author: Carlos Sura
- Published: 2020-08-14
- Tags: authorized keys, authorized_keys, permissions, linux

I was having issues when I added my ssh-key in some servers under my user, it wasn't working, actually, it was failing, after a quick research I found a work-around for that, basically permission as always.

```
chmod 700 ~/.ssh
chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
```

**REFERENCES:**
https://gist.github.com/grenade/6318301