On Thu, 7 Oct 2010, John Doe wrote:
From: Robert P. J. Day rpjday@crashcourse.ca
If the -i option is given then the identity file (defaults to ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub) is used
My man page says: "~/.ssh/identity.pub"...
argh ... sorry, i was logged into the wrong system when reading the man page, i was connected to my ubuntu system. interesting that different distros have different default files for the same command. i will definitely remember that.
rday