SSH (Secure Shell) can be set up with public/private key pairs so that you don’t have to type the password each time. Because SSH is the transport for other services such as SCP (secure copy), SFTP (secure file transfer), and other services (CVS, etc), this can be very convenient and save you a lot of typing.
SSH Version 2
On the local machine, type the BOLD part. The non-bold part is what you might see as output or prompt.
- Step 1:
% ssh-keygen -t dsa
Generating public/private dsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (~/.ssh/id_dsa): (just type return)
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): (just type return)
Enter same passphrase again: (just type return)
Your identification has been saved in ~/.ssh/id_dsa
Your public key has been saved in ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub
The key fingerprint is:
Some really long string
% - Step 2:
Then, paste the content of the local ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub file into the file ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on the remote host.