On Thu, 2011-01-27 at 02:39 -0500, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > Also, there's a stack of reasons that DSA is preferred to RSA for SSH > keys these days. When you generate your private keys, use "ssh-keygen > -t dsa", not rsa. RSA is the default if no cypher type is declared on the command line. I've taken your helpful advise and replaced the RSA key with a DSA key; put a passphrase on the key and then did a SSH-ADD which automatically recognised the new key and added it. -- With best regards, Paul. England, EU.