It is required that your private key files are NOT accessible by others. ubuntu code example

Example 1: It is required that your private key files are NOT accessible by others. This private key will be ignored.

# if you are using WSL then include sudo before the commands
sudo ssh ...

Example 2: private key is too open

chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa

Example 3: It is required that your private key files are NOT accessible by others ubuntu

chmod 400 {keyfile}.pem is what amazon instructed and it works.

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