I'm running OpenSSH 2.9p1, and would like to figure out a way to do the following: 1) Prevent root from logging in directly from an SSH connection. I'm assuming this might be possible via the hosts.deny as well as the hosts.allow? If I set the securetty, I believe that only prevents telnet only if console is set. Or, at least on HP's that's been my experience. Preferably, I'd like to have a regular user log in, then su if need be. 2) I want to run cronjobs that do scp copies to backup remote files on other servers. However, I'm not sure how to do this. Whenever I run scp, I get prompted for a password. I'm assuming that by default, my scripts will run into this issue as well. Could anyone point me to a place that might have documentation on this? I believe that I will also need to upgrade my OpenSSH as there is a vulnerability in this version. Unfortunately, I can't seem to connect to Slack's ftp site. Anyone have any luck getting there? Shawn