MSYS build - stage 2 problem

[Simon Peyton-Jones]

Turns out Simon was right.   In earlier fiddling I'd turned off all
permissions on my identity file.

SO here's what happens now.  ssh complains that the identity file isn't
read-protected.  and indeed ls -l says
	$ ls -l identity
	-rw-r--r--    1 simonpj  Administ      541 Feb 27 13:56 identity

But chmod is a no-op!  Altering the permissions using Windows, so that
only I have any permissions at all, and then only for reading,  changes
nothing -- that is, msys 'ls' stubbornly goes on insisting that identity
is readable by others.  So ssh doesn't work as it should.

How can I change the permissions so that ls/ssh see it as
non-world-readable?

Simon


$ ssh -v -i identity cvs.haskell.org
OpenSSH_2.9p2, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090602f
debug1: Reading configuration data /z/.ssh/config
debug1: Seeding random number generator
debug1: Rhosts Authentication disabled, originating port will not be
trusted.
debug1: restore_uid
debug1: ssh_connect: getuid 500 geteuid 500 anon 1
debug1: Connecting to cvs.haskell.org [129.95.44.145] port 22.
debug1: temporarily_use_uid: 500/544 (e=500)
debug1: restore_uid
debug1: temporarily_use_uid: 500/544 (e=500)
debug1: restore_uid
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file identity type 0
debug1: Remote protocol version 1.99, remote software version
OpenSSH_2.2.0p1
debug1: match: OpenSSH_2.2.0p1 pat ^OpenSSH[-_]2\.[012]
debug1: Local version string SSH-1.5-OpenSSH_2.9p2
debug1: Waiting for server public key.
debug1: Received server public key (768 bits) and host key (1024 bits).
debug1: Host 'cvs.haskell.org' is known and matches the RSA1 host key.
debug1: Found key in /z/.ssh/known_hosts:1
debug1: Encryption type: 3des
debug1: Sent encrypted session key.
debug1: Installing crc compensation attack detector.
debug1: Received encrypted confirmation.
debug1: Trying RSA authentication with key 'administrator at MSRC-SIMONPJ'
debug1: Received RSA challenge from server.
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
@         WARNING: UNPROTECTED PRIVATE KEY FILE!          @
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
Bad ownership or mode(0644) for 'identity'.
It is recommended that your private key files are NOT accessible by
others.
This private key will be ignored.
bad permissions: ignore key: identity
Enter passphrase for RSA key 'administrator at MSRC-SIMONPJ': 
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
@         WARNING: UNPROTECTED PRIVATE KEY FILE!          @
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
Bad ownership or mode(0644) for 'identity'.
It is recommended that your private key files are NOT accessible by
others.
This private key will be ignored.
bad permissions: ignore key: identity
Bad passphrase.
debug1: Remote: Wrong response to RSA authentication challenge.
debug1: Doing password authentication.
simonpj at cvs.haskell.org's password: 
Permission denied, please try again.
simonpj at cvs.haskell.org's password: 
Permission denied, please try again.
simonpj at cvs.haskell.org's password: 
Permission denied.
debug1: Calling cleanup 0x41bcc4(0x0)