AP> But all that does not explain what happens when you try to rsync AP> from a SuSE system AP> If you are sure of your command line, you might have a problem AP> with ssh. You should first check that you can ssh to AP> user@xxxxx The sshd should run on the SuSE computer I can ssh to the SuSE machine. I created some ssh-keys, too! I can login into the SuSE machine without giving a password! Perhaps it would be the best way first to update ssh running on the SuSE machine. I run ssh 3.5pl1 on my RedHat - rpms from openssh.org! -- Jochen Kächelin mailto:pippiuser@xxxxxxxx