> debug1: Remote: Accepted by .shosts. > debug1: Remote: Accepted host node01.cluster ip 192.168.100.11 client_user > root server_user root > debug1: Authentication succeeded (hostbased). On the old nodes, see the if home directories of users have a ".shosts" file. Looks like that file also needs to be copied. About shosts: http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/Using_shosts_with_OpenSSH.html You may also whant to add this file to /etc/skel/ (or equivalent), so that new users get the file too. Alex -- -------------------------------------------- Aleksandr Levchuk University of California, Riverside 1-951-368-0004 --------------------------------------------