File Permissions When Logging Onto AWS

When logging onto my AWS instance with the following command:

ssh -i arcgis-HGL-2.pem arcgis@52.5.49.204

I got the following error:

Dave$ ssh -i arcgis-HGL-2.pem arcgis@52.5.49.204

@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

@         WARNING: UNPROTECTED PRIVATE KEY FILE!          @

@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

Permissions 0644 for 'arcgis-HGL-2.pem' are too open.

It is required that your private key files are NOT accessible by others.

This private key will be ignored.

bad permissions: ignore key: arcgis-HGL-2.pem

Permission denied (publickey).

The solution was:

chmod 400 arcgis-HGL-2.pem 

HOLLIS+ Now Has Geographic Extent

The Harvard Library Catalog now has data extent for part of the collection. This was made possible by the extensive metadata developed for the Harvard Geospatial Library.

Test it yourself here.

The map inset uses the Leaflet Javascript library.

The Harvard Map Collection published a Sea Atlas viewer. It's fun to explore. Check it out here. The map uses the Leaflet Javascript library and is placed in the public domain. See it on GitHub.