I'm trying to use my ssh client to connect to a server. By the way, I'm able to connect using PuTTY on an XP machine. When I ssh v whatever the error at the bottom includes this: Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-with-mic,password) In the configuration file, I have: #GSSAPIAuthentication yes GSSAPIAuthentication no #PreferredAuthentications keyboard-interactive,passwd,publickey PreferredAuthentications keyboard-interactive,passwd The commented out portions is what I normally use for settings. No matter what I do, I can't seem to change the behavior of my ssh client where it prompts me for a password. Is there compilation switch that comes with the stock OpenSSH on CentOS? This is driving me nuts. I'm able to use that client if I have a public key that matches my private one just fine. But I can't get that client to prompt for a password minus that. I notice that the OpenSSH server I'm connecting to has GSSAPIAuthentication on. Nevertheless, If I'm able to connect with PuTTY, and get a password prompt, I should be able to do it with my ssh client. What do I need to change in my /etc/ssh/ssh_config (or actually ~/.ssh/config) to make this work? === Al