Hi Tony, Have you checked the logs? I'm sure there will be a hint there. Are /home's permissions ok? run ssh in verbose mode, it'll tell you exactly what's wrong. cheers, -- Clinton Roy CSIRO - Robotics Platform Engineer Autonomous Systems Lab humbug.org.au - Brisbane Unix Group azure.humbug.org.au/~croy/blog - Blog flickr.com/photos/croy/ - Photos