Hi, On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 14:01, Karl Kobata <Karl.Kobata at syncira.com> wrote: > - PasswordAuthentication no – if I set this option to “no” (default is > “yes”), and my ssh key is either missing or in error, I will be prompted for > user system login password. If this is set to “no”, it should not allow me > to login if I have not ssh key specified or in error. Has anyone else run > into this problem. This is related to PAM authentication, which is what is used in (most) Linux systems. To prevent sshd from authenticating with passwords I believe you have to set "ChallengeResponseAuthentication no" instead, at least that is what I gather from reading the comments in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. HTH, Filipe