On Fri, 2007-07-20 at 15:25 -0500, Scott Berry wrote: > I made the key using Putty but it is written just like the Linux key > in fact I copied and pasted it in to Nano. Between machines, or on the same one? If it's between them, I wonder if you're suffering from the differences between Windows and Linux files? If that's the problem, you could try forgoing using keys, for the moment, logging in using username and password, and transfering the key through a working connection. -- [tim@bigblack ~]$ uname -ipr 2.6.21-1.3228.fc7 i686 i386 Using FC 4, 5, 6 & 7, plus CentOS 5. Today, it's FC7. Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.