On Mon, 2010-10-25 at 01:47 -0700, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 10/24/2010 02:25 PM, JohnS wrote: > > > > On Sun, 2010-10-24 at 13:12 -0700, Gordon Messmer wrote: > >> On 10/22/2010 08:17 PM, Tim Dunphy wrote: > >>> PermitEmptyPasswords no ???? In sshd_config on the server ??? That > >>> would work for keys that do not have a password. You created the key > >>> without a password right? > >> > >> The server does not know whether the client's key has a passphrase. > >> PermitEmptyPasswords has no effect on key authentication. > >> > > Had to go back and try it I thought it did. I think what I meant was > > PasswordAuthentication no ? > > Doesn't matter... That setting won't interact with keys whether they > have a passphrase or not. --- Well this is why it did :0 It did so because the permissions on the know_hosts file were wrong that is why I it did. I went back and checked the logs to see why because I knew it did. So it fooled me (-... John