On Thu, 2011-01-27 at 07:35 -0800, John R Pierce wrote: > On 01/27/11 5:46 AM, Always Learning wrote: > > > > -rw------- 1 root root 404 Jan 27 03:23 id_rsa.authorized_keys > how many times do you have to be told that the filename is > authorized_keys, NOT id_rsa.authorized_keys Once. How many times do you have to be told things ? My posting was made, if you look at the headers, before I read a posting from another informing me the file name was incorrectly prefixed. As soon as I read the second posting I altered the file name, discovered everything worked perfectly and posted a very grateful response - you may have read it. (hint: *********** BINGO ********* ) > for someone who claims to have been in IT since the 1960s, you don't > seem to pay much attention, and waste 100 messages on something generic > and trivial for which there are 100s of 'HOWTOs' online. Have a nice day. -- With best regards, Paul. England, EU.