If the server didn't let you in using your key, find the PubkeyAuthentication line in /etc/ssh/sshd_config and change it to yes. That should do it. -Beau <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Luca Ferrari <<a href="mailto:fluca1978@infinito.it">fluca1978@infinito.it</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi, I'd like a user to ssh another host (both ubuntu 8.1) without being prompted for a password, so I copied the rsa (and also dsa) public keys to the target host, added these keys to the authorized_keys file but when I do ssh I'm prompted for a password, and I don't understand why. Here's an excerpet of the debug messages of the ssh client: debug1: Next authentication method: publickey debug1: Trying private key: /var/backups/.ssh/identity debug3: no such identity: /var/backups/.ssh/identity debug1: Offering public key: /var/backups/.ssh/id_rsa debug3: send_pubkey_test debug2: we sent a publickey packet, wait for reply debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password debug1: Offering public key: /var/backups/.ssh/id_dsa debug3: send_pubkey_test debug2: we sent a publickey packet, wait for reply debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password debug2: we did not send a packet, disable method debug3: authmethod_lookup password debug3: remaining preferred: ,password debug3: authmethod_is_enabled password anyone has an idea of what the problem could be? Thanks, Luca -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>