Apparently, I fixed it. In order for this process to complete successfully, one must create a subdirectory under home for the (non-existent) root user. Then create a subdirectory under ../home/root/ named .ssh. Then copy the key files from ../home/administrator/.ssh/* into the ../home/root/.ssh/ directory.
Then scp seems to work fine without requiring a password. Tried it on two machines and it works. Thanks for your help anyway. Blaine R. Blaine Miller | Systems Administrator, Mountain View mobile: +1 650 776 9669 | direct: +1 650 625 5248 / main: +1 650 603 6600 | fax: +1 650 603 6635 Smith Micro Software, Inc. | 1280 Villa, Mountain View, CA 94041 | www.smithmicro.com -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
