Hello, Well I am having only /etc/ssh/ssh_config file(not on per user basis) to which i added the following lines: PreferredAuthentications hostbased,publickey,password,keyboard-interactive Protocol 1 But no luck. Now i am trying it with the ~/.ssh/config file, with the same two lines as above. No, it is giving me the same result: debug1: Trying rhosts authentication. debug1: RSA authentication using agent refused. debug1: Doing challenge response authentication. debug1: No challenge. debug1: Doing password authentication. BTW, the permission of the related files are as follow: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27 Jan 1 18:50 shosts.equiv -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1333 Jan 3 01:18 ssh_config -rw------- 1 sachin sachin 89 Jan 3 01:23 ~sachin/.ssh/config Any ideas???? Regds, Sachin PS: Gavin, tnx a lot for a lovely link... -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subjecthttps://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list