Authentication with SSH using public keys

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> > Following onto the e-mail I made before, apparently that little  
permissions
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> > difference for the directory, .ssh, was the problem. Changing it to 644  
has,
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> > apparently, fixed the problem.
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> Cool :) . I learnt this from my first SSH public-key authentication
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> configuration ;)
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> Ashish
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Of course I meant to say that changing the perms to 755 fixed it, not 644.  
I'm still reviewing the docs but I think that this directory could be made  
700, is that correct? Or, at the least, 750?