# when you run ssh with -vvv and see something like this: # debug1: Remote: Ignored authorized keys: bad ACL permission for file /volume1/homes/yourusername # this will likely fix it: chown -R <user> /volume1/homes/yourusername chmod 750 /volume1/homes/yourusername chmod 700 /volume1/homes/yourusername/.ssh chmod 600 /volume1/homes/yourusername/.ssh/authorized_keys