Hello I am trying to establish ssh on my network..with one suse linux system I have a problem. I have enabled rhosts authentication and from other non-Suse machine it all works fine. However here is the output from a ssh -v session. I have in the config file disable other authentication mechanisms, but they appear to be still tried ..?? Clues anyone thanks Cliff OpenSSH_2.9p1, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090601f debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config debug1: Applying options for * debug1: Seeding random number generator debug1: Rhosts Authentication disabled, originating port will not be trusted. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ debug1: restore_uid debug1: ssh_connect: getuid 500 geteuid 500 anon 1 debug1: Connecting to willow [192.168.1.1] port 22. debug1: temporarily_use_uid: 500/100 (e=500) debug1: restore_uid debug1: temporarily_use_uid: 500/100 (e=500) debug1: restore_uid debug1: Connection established. debug1: identity file /home/cliff/.ssh/identity type 0 debug1: identity file /home/cliff/.ssh/id_rsa type -1 debug1: identity file /home/cliff/.ssh/id_dsa type -1 debug1: Remote protocol version 1.99, remote software version OpenSSH_2.2.0 debug1: match: OpenSSH_2.2.0 pat ^OpenSSH[-_]2\.[012] Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0 debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_2.9p1 debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received debug1: kex: server->client 3des-cbc hmac-md5 none debug1: kex: client->server 3des-cbc hmac-md5 none debug1: dh_gen_key: priv key bits set: 202/384 debug1: bits set: 518/1024 debug1: sending SSH2_MSG_KEXDH_INIT debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEXDH_REPLY debug1: Host 'willow' is known and matches the DSA host key. debug1: Found key in /home/cliff/.ssh/known_hosts2:1 debug1: bits set: 515/1024 debug1: len 55 datafellows 49296 debug1: ssh_dss_verify: signature correct debug1: kex_derive_keys debug1: newkeys: mode 1 debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent debug1: waiting for SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS debug1: newkeys: mode 0 debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received debug1: done: ssh_kex2. debug1: send SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST debug1: service_accept: ssh-userauth debug1: got SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT debug1: authentications that can continue: publickey,password debug1: next auth method to try is publickey debug1: try privkey: /home/cliff/.ssh/id_rsa debug1: try privkey: /home/cliff/.ssh/id_dsa debug1: no more auth methods to try Permission denied (publickey,password). debug1: Calling cleanup 0x8064ea0(0x0)