Hello, I'm trying to understand how keep SSH from asking for my password. I've been able to use the .shosts file with the known_hosts** file, but I haven't been able to use the authorized_keys method. **(I assume the way to setup the know_hosts file is to ssh from the remote machine to my machine once and accept the key.) I was unable to use the non-.shosts setup with authorized_keys file. I did the ssh-keygen1 command to create my local private and public keys. I then copied my identity.pub file to the remote machine and called it authorized_keys. And then I removed the .shosts file. But, when I connect it asks for my pass phrase. I guess I thought it wouldn't ask for my pass phrase when using the authorized_keys setup. Can someone clear up what I did wrong when trying to set up the authorized_keys method of authentication? Also, my goal is to use a news server on my ISP, but my IP number isn't one of theirs, so I need to tunnel to their nntpd server. I do this now by issuing this: ssh1 -g -lmoseley -L1234:nntp.my.isp.com:119 my.isp.com And from then on I can access their news server via port 1234 (yes, ipchains blocks that port externally). My question is this: Can I start that ssh tunnel via indetd? I'd like to be able to just connect to that port and have the ssh tunnel started. But I can't figure out the right way to put that in my indetd.conf file. Any ideas? How come every once in a while I get this? Secure connection to my.isp.com refused; reverting to insecure method. Using rsh. WARNING: Connection will not be encrypted. Is there a limit to how often I can connect via ssh? Any way to do rdist over ssh? Thanks! Bill Moseley mailto:moseley@hank.org -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/