bluethundr <bluethundr at gmail.com> wrote: > [bluethundr at VIRTCENT01:~]#ls -l .ssh/authorized_keys > -rw------- 1 1001 1002 1597 Nov 15 12:02 .ssh/authorized_keys By any chance do you have a UID/GID mismatch between machines? I'm not convinced that it would result in the behavior matched, but the fact that 1001 and 1002 above were not resolved made me wonder. Also, John Kennedy mentioned permissions. Also check for overly open permissions on parent directories all the way up to /. Devin -- Shirt, Shoes, Sober... --Pick Two - Chuck Yerkes