I might be going crazy... perhaps my notes and memory has failed me but it ain't working... on host machine... ssh-keygen -t rsa ssh-keygen -t dsa scp *pub root at remote:/root on remote machine... cat /root/id_{r,d}sa.pub >> /root/.ssh/authorizedkeys_2 but it still asks for password when I try to connect as root from remote host logsAug 18 15:51:13 srv1 sshd[1630]: Accepted password for root from ::ffff:192.168.2.2 port 51728 ssh2 on /var/log/secure on host machine show connection but as an ipv6 address...is this the problem? Aug 18 15:51:13 srv1 sshd[1630]: Accepted password for root from ::ffff:192.168.2.2 port 51728 ssh2 Where am I going wrong? Craig