openssh windows bad owner or permissions
This started popping up immediately after I created another user with Administrator privileges, and that account began inheriting access to my .ssh folder.
You do not need to change your permissions whatsoever.
Just go to .ssh, right-click Properties, Security Tab, Advanced. DISABLE INHERITANCE, then click on the Administrator user (the one that is not you) and Remove them. Apply. Done.
Changing the ssh client from C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\ssh.exe to C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\ssh.exe worked for me.
Just got same issue after re-install windows. And easily fixed just by changing the file permissions to
SYSTEM & Administrators - Full Control[your username] - Modify & as OwnerNote:
- I'm still using Windows 10 built-in SSH client
C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\ssh.exe& not using cygwin at all