Troubleshooting: "Hostbased permission denied" error with SSH hostbased authentication

Summary

Hostbased authentication with SSH is not working

Issue

Hostbased authentication with SSH has stopped working. The error reported is "Hostbased Permission Denied".

Resolution / Workaround

Check that the permissions for the files in $BOKS_etc/ssh are 644 or 444 or else the BoKS ssh binary will not use them since they would not be considered safe from manipulation.