This is a quick reference for setting up public keys in ssh so you don't have to constantly type your password in front of prying eyes and hungry keyloggers.
Step 1:
Create a key pair if you dont already have one. Most ssh clients should now support RSA keys which will be located in ~/.ssh/id_rsa and ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
The command to create a new key pair is: ssh-keygen -t rsa just accept the defaults and leave the passphrase blank since were setting up passwordless access.
Step 2:
Copy your key to the remote system ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub user@othersystem
Step 3:
Test it ssh user@othersystem and it should connect you without prompting for a password.
If it doesn't work then check your ssh config file /etc/sshd/ssh_config and be sure that you have both RSAAuthentication and PubkeyAuthentication set to yes
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