From: Bob Harris on
In article
<sdfisher-D4CFF0.09125822012010(a)mara100-84.onlink.net>,
Steven Fisher <sdfisher(a)spamcop.net> wrote:

> In article <howard-31BD70.09590422012010(a)74.sub-97-136-209.myvzw.com>,
> Howard S Shubs <howard(a)shubs.net> wrote:
>
> > The reason I came in here was to find out if (1) I was forgetting
> > something, and (2) if there was a specific problem between 10.5 and 10.6
> > that I needed to take into account.
>
> Forgive me if this has been asked before, but I've found SSH login
> failing is permissions related almost every time. Have you checked
> permissions on .ssh on both computers, authorized_keys on the one you
> can't log in to, and id_* on the computer you're trying to log in to?
>
>
> Steve

The ssh man page

man ssh

lists all the required permissions for the various ssh files and
directories.

And I've seen bad permissions cause ssh failures, but that often
comes up in the -v -v -v output.