Hi, i'm trying to use rhosts with RSA to allow me to run commands as root. My AIX system is setup to not allow remote logins using the file /etc/security/user. On my other systems, i can use rsh to run commands, but i cannot login. When i try the same with ssh, it does not work. i'm not really sure what i should be seeing in the debug output. To me, it doesn't even look like it is checking my rhosts file. Any thoughts on matter would be greatly appreciated. debug1: userauth-request for user root service ssh-connection method none debug1: attempt #1 Login restricted for root: Remote logins are not allowed for this account. input_userauth_request: illegal user root Failed none for NOUSER from 10.133.33.26 port 1022 ssh2 debug1: userauth-request for user root service ssh-connection method publickey debug1: attempt #2 Failed publickey for NOUSER from 10.133.33.26 port 1022 ssh2 -- ~darcy w. christ Elegant Communications Inc. 416.362.9772 x222 | 416.362.8324 fax