Here's two articles explaining how to use RSA/DSA keys with OpenSSH to do secure "passwordless" authentication. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-keyc.html http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-keyc2/ -- Edward Glowacki glowack2@msu.edu GLLUG Peon http://www.gllug.org Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality. -- Jules de Gaultier