Probabely / (root-Home) doesn't belong to the user "root"... Jörg Petersen -----Original Message----- From: Chuck [mailto:chuck at fiu.edu] ... I've built openssh-2.5.1p1 on an AIX 4.3.3 box, and attempted to use the public/private key authentication mechanism. This appears to work for a non-root user locally, but not for the root user.