"Robert C. Paulsen Jr." [ 28.04.2002 22:18:16 -0500]:
Sorry, but the answer is RTFM.
BZZT! Wrong answer, but thanks for playing.
Sorry, maybe I was a bit to harsh in my reply.
I did RTFM. And I am using protocol 2. And no, this hasn't changed between 7.3 and 8.0 as far as I can tell.
Oh yes, it has, in that starting with 8.0 we're using protocol version 2 by *default*. ~/.ssh/identity, ~/.ssh/identity.pub will be ignored by Version 2, as it uses ~/.ssh/id_[dr]sa, ~/.ssh/id_[dr]sa.pub instead. As soon as you want to do ssh from a Client that defaults to V2 (SuSE 8.0) to a Server that also supports V2, the protocol that is used is Version 2. This means that the Version 1 files ~/.ssh/identity, ~/.ssh/identity.pub are ignored and Version 1 keys in ~/.ssh/autorized_keys as well. Fortunately, there is an upgrade path from Protocol version 1 to 2: cd ~/.ssh ssh-keyconverter -k identity -> You need to enter the passphrase of ./identity here! ssh-keyconverter -a authorized_keys and add id_rsa.pub to authorized_keys of all accounts that you use like you do with identity.pub for Version 1. If you run openssh < 2.9.9p1 on the remote side you have to add it to authorized_keys2. Does that help? Philipp