I'm having problems with the UseLogin feature - when I disable it, sshd works fine. But when it's enabled, I can't log in to my server for some reason. Here's the output the client gives with verbose logging: SSH Version OpenSSH_2.3.0p1, protocol versions 1.5/2.0. Compiled with SSL (0x0090600f). debug: Reading configuration data /usr/local/etc/ssh_config debug: Applying options for * debug: Seeding random number generator debug: ssh_connect: getuid 1000 geteuid 1000 anon 1 debug: Connecting to enoch.resnet.gatech.edu [128.61.78.103] port 22. debug: Connection established. debug: Remote protocol version 1.99, remote software version OpenSSH_2.3.0p1 debug: no match: OpenSSH_2.3.0p1 Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0 debug: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_2.3.0p1 debug: Seeding random number generator debug: send KEXINIT debug: done debug: wait KEXINIT debug: got kexinit: diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-group1-sha1 debug: got kexinit: ssh-dss debug: got kexinit: 3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,arcfour,aes128-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,rijndael128-cbc,rijndael192-cbc,rijndael256-cbc,[EMAIL PROTECTED] debug: got kexinit: 3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,arcfour,aes128-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,rijndael128-cbc,rijndael192-cbc,rijndael256-cbc,[EMAIL PROTECTED] debug: got kexinit: hmac-sha1,hmac-md5,[EMAIL PROTECTED] debug: got kexinit: hmac-sha1,hmac-md5,[EMAIL PROTECTED] debug: got kexinit: none,zlib debug: got kexinit: none,zlib debug: got kexinit: debug: got kexinit: debug: first kex follow: 0 debug: reserved: 0 debug: done debug: kex: server->client blowfish-cbc hmac-sha1 none debug: kex: client->server blowfish-cbc hmac-sha1 none debug: Sending SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST. debug: Wait SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP. debug: Got SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP. debug: bits set: 512/1024 debug: Sending SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT. debug: Wait SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY. debug: Got SSH2_MSG_KEXDH_REPLY. debug: Host 'enoch.resnet.gatech.edu' is known and matches the DSA host key. debug: bits set: 523/1024 debug: len 55 datafellows 0 debug: dsa_verify: signature correct debug: Wait SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS. debug: GOT SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS. debug: send SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS. debug: done: send SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS. debug: done: KEX2. debug: send SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST debug: service_accept: ssh-userauth debug: got SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT debug: authentications that can continue: publickey,password debug: next auth method to try is publickey debug: key does not exist: /home/enoch/.ssh/id_dsa debug: next auth method to try is password <asks for password here> debug: ssh-userauth2 successfull: method password debug: fd 6 setting O_NONBLOCK debug: channel 0: new [client-session] debug: send channel open 0 debug: Entering interactive session. debug: client_init id 0 arg 0 debug: Requesting X11 forwarding with authentication spoofing. debug: channel request 0: shell debug: channel 0: open confirm rwindow 0 rmax 16384 debug: client_input_channel_req: rtype exit-status reply 0 debug: channel 0: rcvd eof debug: channel 0: output open -> drain debug: channel 0: rcvd close debug: channel 0: input open -> closed debug: channel 0: close_read debug: channel 0: obuf empty debug: channel 0: output drain -> closed debug: channel 0: close_write debug: channel 0: send close debug: channel 0: full closed2 debug: channel_free: channel 0: status: The following connections are open: #0 client-session (t4 r0 i8/0 o128/0 fd -1/-1) Connection to enoch.resnet.gatech.edu closed. debug: Transferred: stdin 0, stdout 0, stderr 47 bytes in 0.1 seconds debug: Bytes per second: stdin 0.0, stdout 0.0, stderr 850.8 debug: Exit status 1 I get this every time I try to log in. Anybody have any idea what's happening? -- Matthew L. Creech