Philipp Schulte wrote: > root is not able to login from a remote host by default. > You can change this in /etc/pam.d/login thanks Phil, I don't think I made myself clear, I perform "scp dnssync@host:/dir/file ." when logged in as root, and it fails. When I'm logged in as a plain ol user it works. I'm ssh'ing as a user not root. -Cheers Max. -- Max Lock, Linux Systems Administrator, TELE2 uk. http://3558031516 Linux like wigwam. No windows, no gates, Apache inside.