I have W2K server running, Cygwin version 2.125.2.10 ssh & rsync installed. Solaris SparkStation 20 running, Solaris 2.5.1 openssh-2.5.1p1 openssl-0.9.6 rsync-2.3.1 Currently SSH from the W2K box works perfectly, I can connect to the Solaris box just fine, rsync works from both boxes, I can connect to the anonymous rsync at samba.org just fine. I am trying to create a quick way to back up files from the Solaris box onto the W2K box with a scheduled task. I have run ssh-keygen on the W2K box (no pass phrase) and installed the indentity.pub file as ~/.ssh/known_hosts/authorized_keys on the Solaris box. I should be able to task to connect and execute rsync on the Solaris box, copying files back to the W2K box. I've done this many times with FBSD and Linux and it works beautifully. My problem, and maybe I'm just thick headed, I cannot get the W2K box to connect without requiring a password! I cannot get Cygwin to run rsync as anything other than the user that installed Cygwin, and I cannot have Administrator as a user in Solaris (too many characters). So rsync over ssh isn't working, in fact ssh -l root mail4.totallogic.com from the W2K box require a password even though I've installed the identity.pub file. Are any other admins with Cygwin/ssh/rsync running a sucessful setup? and would you share? Thanks DAve