1) Generate your keypair for your userid and workstation. Use the ssh-keygen program to do this, thus: ssh-keygen -t rsa You will be asked where to save the key pair, accept and take note of the default. (Should be $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa) You will also be prompted for a password. You should NOT enter a password (just hit return). 2) Two files have been placed in $HOME/.ssh, id_rsa and id_rsa.pub. These are your private and public key files, respectively. 3) Copy the contents of id_rsa.pub to $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys on the destination server. You may have to create the directory .ssh and the file authorized_keys to make this happen. 4) You should now be able to ssh (and scp) from your workstation to the destination server without having to enter a password. On Tue, 9 Jul 2002 15:31:56 -0700, plug-discuss-request@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us said: > Message: 2 > From: "Simper, Brian D" > To: "'plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us'" > > Subject: Using SSH without a password > Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 14:00:16 -0700 > Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > Is it possible to set up a Linux machine to use scp without using a > password? I have a server that needs to provide files for a set of very > secure systems and they only have ssh installed on them (no ftp, no telnet, > no rlogin clients or servers). For convenience of the users, can a > password-less scp be set up? > > Thanks, > > Brian > ----------------------------------------------------------- Robert A. Klahn robert@kint.org AIM: rklahn "Hope has two beautiful daughters: Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to struggle to create things as they should be." -- St. Augustine