these files (in [] brackets) are the files I had in the .ssh directory for my username on each comp I used, the setup worked great on all but a64 --[authorized_keys]-- ssh-dss 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 exodist@Abydos ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAIEAq0OkV1FLA5omwUaiSBAID+wOkNj9XhRuhjfWVeGIhIqCdFAgNJCAAbO3YQRaSOc3yZZlQj5dkBBAsD4rw/b/R39H8gVgvKmiedh+3GpQF5p9Ea/o/QOJmisQjbNsiOG3qXLtTOhczRREpoj8e6vWcezv9wix2x/p4zom/4wkii0= exodist@Abydos 1024 35 154791660559294237531344162570234583011133427108720140986404163496672121492112673577650652727725755418629342624960164535371587845559102413704171557888777215736451112796037426759075883683182803500096889549969728387242940773397221628546534853898777328862216147182633972551512674705898737160277450471132278335637 exodist@Abydos --[authorized_keys]-- --[id_dsa]-- -----BEGIN DSA PRIVATE KEY----- MIIBvAIBAAKBgQC9MlX1H5IwWqu64Ha37H7zddRdHiR+T5kvEi36qmlY+gPyGA7A jsUFfL5PVG/gIybzroHB32Fb5+8GCe+b6pDTDV2s1SMEtM46VISHmYexxyNy4DEh YZNyp3OWxEXgtWLhm9dG74iDeM3OskxWilFmH1Bo+NKMWu1TEDQRB4Q/4QIVAIzw eCKRZk7Oy5/DvR94Y1+mDXKLAoGBALX5ylMPhnOBmtTlmI9Tw8GQXsc134duBMiB r6D8FLOPctGn/fH6BkV1WWcQRyPKl6nDBTyG0WXE5jsR/jmxiLRORSuXqmq46svy LjQsR7klej5bdutYyqd/yXlTjcs/cXIedO213jQR2LQVvtVHPNQkBRbzx6q0sIrX SQpIY0p5AoGASjzNmIFDZIouQQC8icstxeLxdfSQd0snYNTpWcej6f7Y1/L35GRQ yhPaQ5N67KjmGbHpaU5eaSddEFvcC3YLFewKRZJWq5UaR45VvRtkzvLe6A/3E16o 2Vpl1fa0+lbSY6+faupOc85+tzs3QuhMS/e+IWZtEl7YQgiQrdMi9vMCFQCD+qrU 6VhCOLpa9kuFMnn8ENpviw== -----END DSA PRIVATE KEY----- --[id_dsa]-- --[id_dsa.pub]-- ssh-dss 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 exodist@Abydos --[id_dsa.pub]-- --[id_rsa]-- -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- MIICWgIBAAKBgQCrQ6RXUUsDmibBRqJIEAgP7A6Q2P1eFG6GN9ZV4YiEioJ0UCA0 kIABs7dhBFpI5zfJlmVCPl2QEECwPivD9v9Hf0fyBWC8qaJ52H7calAXmn0Rr+j9 A4maKxCNs2yI4bepcu1M6FzNFESmiPx7q9Zx7O/3CLHbH+njOib/jCSKLQIBIwKB gQCmXvdqw/+6WzuXLqxGAPHjlNrzG+7Qa56RAwq508ZyICb0pZugxuK/0ycrC4rn vApOzJzhQ+XcZ49MHyMzZPf6uPD5FzwaaOUti9+Gr+ItO1CkKQQruWXCxKyXJNA7 YjSXw7s14IZAqzi1twjoAlI9tH5zGFeLF+ag4XhHi6G/ywJBANJujP6NbrHpnMBN pJJ3mWsBkgKL7aeDc7WX1EoCf/AScYBNRA6QBkU4IpxB76Lxjz3xnkvOlunTD0pv ojjhILkCQQDQWc4Ffthtn8TL+EtP9zGBe08oybUsO4Ob9DvwscvQUPYSjH6QyhrT f1BlBDPKRO51MOJB8o9hQAElu4wlaDMVAkAYDKJmPAymnlsOqcmqVs+0dTVCHp7R UNoGH/sBJNtr5NnFhSxZb4uwI6wvHXp5Ban4c2KMUh/gNWDVTpYyYt8rAkA1k299 wYgcMGXODKWm2Sn8uU7emkSHt4g+C5pidtyjSATC8O1YbnvtPf6649LNnLJYpiuN TQBMNQeb/QbHylZHAkBktITeBTLzlKg/qiwlAVlBKQK5F6k+hFQvPjFc6pKM3TSQ shcgeQgxn5l17tX6qfporKrIpdXcBc7IhrQIxzfD -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY----- --[id_rsa]-- --[id_rsa.pub]-- ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAIEAq0OkV1FLA5omwUaiSBAID+wOkNj9XhRuhjfWVeGIhIqCdFAgNJCAAbO3YQRaSOc3yZZlQj5dkBBAsD4rw/b/R39H8gVgvKmiedh+3GpQF5p9Ea/o/QOJmisQjbNsiOG3qXLtTOhczRREpoj8e6vWcezv9wix2x/p4zom/4wkii0= exodist@Abydos --[id_rsa.pub]-- --[identity.pub]-- 1024 35 154791660559294237531344162570234583011133427108720140986404163496672121492112673577650652727725755418629342624960164535371587845559102413704171557888777215736451112796037426759075883683182803500096889549969728387242940773397221628546534853898777328862216147182633972551512674705898737160277450471132278335637 exodist@Abydos --[identity.pub]-- --[identity]-- SSH PRIVATE KEY FILE FORMAT 1.1 Note: whenever I modify the file the data from identity (the file) is lost, it seems the text editor does nto liek it, I tried doing a cat identity >> temp.txt to put it at the end of this file, it worked, but as soon as I did echo "--[identity]--" >> temp.txt it erased it, so I am going to try and do the cat w/o the echo so identity should be at the tail end of this file. --[identity]-- SSH PRIVATE KEY FILE FORMAT 1.1 n>WA38;ytԖfj?oIL*$=?PJjznf zy{t:%d'zlʧ\ޑCs?ym +ہ8#exodist@Abydosݼݼ|ӼK7:[!#9۱#8wcnrH IŎ3!vq' 9p?DZ#t%NߒtZTt.v/ECҽ7Tp5.gf)ziqkG?u=;I< nD=鷲Ɯ::qUi k!G#Y]泺 |L)U쁑I@ߤ&n#~g"v ]f:,0O1tnBUNyI;)yƸ']3`[`k)ۚ Pun,zChG~