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Change mode/rights of Windows files in WSL Symptoms: By default, if you try to chmod your files hosted on windows in WSL, it won’t change anything e.g. ls -l /mnt/c/userid/.ssh/vault_pass.txt -rwxrwxrwx 1 userid userid 34 Nov 22 14:21 /mnt/c/userid/.ssh/vault_pass.txt chmod 400 /mnt/c/userid/.ssh/vault_pass.txt ls -l /mnt/c/userid/.ssh/vault_pass.txt -rwxrwxrwx 1 userid userid 34 Nov 22 14:21 /mnt/c/userid/.ssh/vault_pass.txt It can be particularly painful for keys since they cannot be too permissive e.g. for a ssh key...

Generate key ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "your_email@example.com" Copy key to server ssh-copy-id -i .ssh/id_ed25519.pub <server_name> Connect to server ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 <user>@<server_name> Avoid retyping passphrase on each new connection eval $(ssh-agent -s) ssh-add /mnt/c/Users/f.tith/.ssh/id_ed25519 It is only valid in one session. On terminal kill, you’ll need to rerun those commands. Sources https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent#generating-a-new-ssh-key