Did you check /var/log/messages and /var/log/secure for any related entries? You don't need just the key files to be properly set in terms of permissions -- you need the entire branch of directies all the way up to / to be correctly set. You can try setting StrictModes to no in sshd_config and restarting the sshd daemon to see if this is the problem -- but don't leave it that way, just put it back and fix your permissions. You might also want to increase the log level of the daemon and restart it to see if you can get more output dumped to the log. HTH, Trever Furnish > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Linux Linux > Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 4:54 PM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: SSH from windows to linux using public key authentication > > Yes Permissions are same on both linux server. It's 644 on > authorized_keys > > --Linuxgr8 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list