"Sandip" == Sandip P Deshmukh <Sandip> writes: Sandip> user 'deshmukh' there with password 'xxx' is 'deshmukh' here No, no, no! :-) It should be "user 'deshmukh' there with password 'xxx' is 'sandip here" at least based on your earlier posts on this question. Your user id on the Debian box ("here") is sandip, not deshmukh. Right? Cheers! Shyamal