> This must be a bug. Try an absolute path for the source file, but I > doubt that makes a difference. > > H Hans, You called it -- It looks like the *broken* version I was using was: OpenSSH_3.5p1 FreeBSD-20030924 It *works* with this version: OpenSSH_3.9p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7a-p1 Feb 19 2003 Thanks! -- Wellington