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OpenSSH using root for the .ssh directory?


I've recently installed the latest Cygwin packages (as of 05/04/2012)
to a Windows 7 machine and when using ssh I couldn't figure out why it
couldn't find my private key in ~/.ssh/.  Executing ssh with -vvv I
see:

debug1: Trying private key: /.ssh/id_rsa
debug3: no such identity: /.ssh/id_rsa
debug1: Trying private key: /.ssh/id_dsa
debug3: no such identity: /.ssh/id_dsa
debug1: Trying private key: /.ssh/id_ecdsa
debug3: no such identity: /.ssh/id_ecdsa

I'm at a loss as to why it's looking in the root directory.  Sure
enough moving my private key there worked, but that's a security hole.
 Checking my system for an errant HOME value, all seems to be inline:

$ echo $HOME
/home/csutclif

Any ideas why ssh is looking in the root directory?

Thank you,

Chris

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