new to Tiger: ssh asks for s/key instead of regular password

Ok, I'll bite. Note that I don't currently use s/key auth.

It sounds like your server is asking for s/key authentication over the ssh connection. Maybe the new ssh client in OSX supports s/key auth, or maybe it's higher on the list than before.

Try different settings for PreferredAuthentications in your ~/.ssh/config file.

Specifically, make a file named ~/.ssh/config (creating the .ssh directory, if it doesn't exist already.) Place the following line in it:
PreferredAuthentications publickey,password,keyboard-interactive,hostbased

Default is: hostbased,publickey,keyboard-interactive,password

I don't know if s/key is 'hostbased' or 'keyboard-interactive', so I put those on the end of the string.

man ssh_config for more details.

-Dave

Ok, I'll bite. Note that I don't currently use s/key auth.

It sounds like your server is asking for s/key authentication over the ssh connection. Maybe the new ssh client in OSX supports s/key auth, or maybe it's higher on the list than before.

Try different settings for PreferredAuthentications in your ~/.ssh/config file.

Specifically, make a file named ~/.ssh/config (creating the .ssh directory, if it doesn't exist already.) Place the following line in it:
PreferredAuthentications publickey,password,keyboard-interactive,hostbased

Default is: hostbased,publickey,keyboard-interactive,password

I don't know if s/key is 'hostbased' or 'keyboard-interactive', so I put those on the end of the string.

man ssh_config for more details.

-Dave

Dave, you are awesome. With your help it took me 30 seconds to fix this. After all this time I didn't think anyone would respond to my question, so I'm doubly surprised to hear your suggestion ... which works perfectly. Thanks for teaching me something useful, and saving me from having to Enter through all those s/key requests.