As Scot said its not a good thing to ssh as root. Try to ssh as a normal user and see what happens. If that works then I would suggest using a normal user to ssh as and then su - to root. -- Wayne Leutwyler - CNA, RHCT I turned off PAM and was able to connect and login with ssh. I will have to figure out what changed between C2 and C3 Brian -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.8 - Release Date: 1/3/2005