Re: passphrase vs password (again)

: What is the difference, to you, between a passphrase and a password? The : difference seems to be semantic, no difference to the sshd.

Maybe it is in reference to whether or not the local public-key (which requires what is commonly called a "passphrase" to use) or the tunnelled password for the remote account is used?

If this is the case, it's probably dependent upon whether a public/private keypair exists on the different machines, as well as the configuration on the remote server. If the remote server is configured to check for a publickey first, and default to password if it doesn't exist, this will happen. A system with a public/private keypair will use a "passphrase", while a system w/o the keypair will use a "password".

~S