# ls -l ~/.ssh/
total 291
-rw------- 1 blkperl them 6387 Mar 28 11:37 authorized_keys
-rw------- 1 4294967294 them 672 Aug 15 11:44 config
-rw------- 1 4294967294 them 25 Jul 25 11:17 id_rsa
-rw------- 1 4294967294 them 159617 Aug 13 18:22 known_hosts
-rw------- 1 4294967294 them 158443 Jul 30 10:11 known_hosts.old
drwxr-xr-x 3 4294967294 them 18 Jan 30 2014 old
-rw------- 1 4294967294 them 1679 Aug 12 17:03 test-deploy_id_rsa
-rw------- 1 4294967294 them 398 Aug 12 17:03 test-deploy_id_rsa.pub
The work around in the RH ticket did not fix my issues on Ubuntu Trusty
# uname -a
Linux gentoo 3.13.0-35-generic #62-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 15 01:58:42 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
# cat /proc/sys/ kernel/ keys/root_ maxbytes
200000
#cat /proc/sys/ kernel/ keys/root_ maxkeys
10000
# cat /etc/sysctl.conf | grep root_ keys.root_ maxkeys= 10000 keys.root_ maxbytes= 200000
kernel.
kernel.
# ls -l ~/.ssh/ id_rsa. pub
total 291
-rw------- 1 blkperl them 6387 Mar 28 11:37 authorized_keys
-rw------- 1 4294967294 them 672 Aug 15 11:44 config
-rw------- 1 4294967294 them 25 Jul 25 11:17 id_rsa
-rw------- 1 4294967294 them 159617 Aug 13 18:22 known_hosts
-rw------- 1 4294967294 them 158443 Jul 30 10:11 known_hosts.old
drwxr-xr-x 3 4294967294 them 18 Jan 30 2014 old
-rw------- 1 4294967294 them 1679 Aug 12 17:03 test-deploy_id_rsa
-rw------- 1 4294967294 them 398 Aug 12 17:03 test-deploy_