I have RH7.0 on both systems. Using SSH2 is getting closer results. I created DSA keys and placed the keys in authorized_keys2 in both .ssh and .ssh2 directories. They have privs set to 600. Now when I ssh into the system, it prompts me for the DSA pass phrase. How do I automate this pass phrase, ssh-agent? Thanks. -- Mike Rowen rowen at berbee.com