Hi,
Here is what i have done so far,

'ssh-keygen -t dsa' on host 1


copied over the "id_dsa.pub" as "authorized_keys" at host2


trying to login using ssh/sftp from host1 to host2 without password,
but the remote host2 asks for the password.
Foll. is the log generated : (apparantly there is nothing relevant that

tells why it has failed!)

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Connecting to host2...
OpenSSH_3.9p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7d 17 Mar 2004
debug1: Connecting to hos2 [123.45.67.89] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file $home/.ssh/id_rsa type -1
debug1: identity file $home/.ssh/id_dsa type 2
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version
OpenSSH_3.9p1
debug1: match: OpenSSH_3.9p1 pat OpenSSH*
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_3.9p1
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: server->client aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none
debug1: kex: client->server aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<1024<8192) sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY
debug1: Host 'drpriskweb03' is known and matches the RSA host key.
debug1: Found key in $home/.ssh/known_hosts:1
debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug1: Authentications that can continue:
publickey,password,keyboard-interacti
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Trying private key: $home/.ssh/id_rsa
debug1: Offering public key: $home/.ssh/id_dsa
debug1: Authentications that can continue:
publickey,password,keyboard-interacti
debug1: Next authentication method: keyboard-interactive
debug1: Authentications that can continue:
publickey,password,keyboard-interacti
debug1: Next authentication method: password
user1@host2's password: