Error message if private key not owned by right user [GH-1503]

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ BUG FIXES:
   - Proper error message if invalid provisioner is used. [GH-1515]
   - Don't error on graceful halt if machine just shut down very
     quickly. [GH-1505]
+  - Error message if private key for SSH isn't owned by the proper
+    user. [GH-1503]
 
 ## 1.1.4 (March 25, 2013)
 

lib/vagrant/errors.rb

@@ -371,6 +371,10 @@ module Vagrant
       error_key(:ssh_host_down)
     end
 
+    class SSHKeyBadOwner < VagrantError
+      error_key(:ssh_key_bad_owner)
+    end
+
     class SSHKeyBadPermissions < VagrantError
       error_key(:ssh_key_bad_permissions)
     end

lib/vagrant/util/ssh.rb

@@ -27,7 +27,12 @@ module Vagrant
         LOGGER.debug("Checking key permissions: #{key_path}")
         stat = key_path.stat
 
-        if stat.owned? && FileMode.from_octal(stat.mode) != "600"
+        if !stat.owned?
+          # The SSH key must be owned by ourselves
+          raise Errors::SSHKeyBadOwner, :key_path => key_path
+        end
+
+        if FileMode.from_octal(stat.mode) != "600"
           LOGGER.info("Attempting to correct key permissions to 0600")
           key_path.chmod(0600)
 

templates/locales/en.yml

@@ -299,6 +299,13 @@ en:
         While attempting to connect with SSH, a "host is down" (EHOSTDOWN)
         error was received. Please verify your SSH settings are correct
         and try again.
+      ssh_key_bad_owner: |-
+        The private key to connect to the machine via SSH must be owned
+        by the user running Vagrant. This is a strict requirement from
+        SSH itself. Please fix the following key to be owned by the user
+        running Vagrant:
+
+        %{key_path}
       ssh_key_bad_permissions: |-
         The private key to connect to this box via SSH has invalid permissions
         set on it. The permissions of the private key should be set to 0600, otherwise SSH will