Greetings, I apologize if this has been answered before, but I have tried to do the obligatory search and haven't found a clear answer. Running OpenSSH 3.4 (well, pretty much any version) using protocol 2 and run via crond we see the connection never "close", "end", or whatever you wish to call it. This is running on a "modified" RedHat 6.2 machine. configure arguments are as follows: ./configure --sysconfdir=/etc --with-tcp-wrappers --without-pam --with-ssl-dir=/usr/local/src/openssl-0.9.5a --with-md5-passwords Any help is appreciated, and once again, I apologize if this is a redundant question. Thanks, -- Eric Garff System Administrator egarff at omniture.com 801.722.0134 Omniture http://www.omniture.com "Unique Questions, Precise Answers"