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@@ -3,17 +3,17 @@ title: How to use Authorized Keys to Create a Passwordless SSH Connection
 nav: blog
 slug: use-authorized-keys-create-passwordless-ssh-connection
 tags:
-    - linux
-    - ssh
+  - linux
+  - ssh
 ---
 If you're accessing Linux servers or automating tasks between servers, rather than having to enter your user password every time, you can also use SSH public key authentication. This is a simple process that involves creating a local key and storing it within the *authorized_keys* file on the remote server.
 
 1. Check if you already have a SSH key.
-     `$ ssh-add -L` 
+   `$ ssh-add -L` 
 2. If you don't have one, create one.
-     `$ ssh-keygen`
+   `$ ssh-keygen`
 2. Upload the key onto the server. Replace *myserver* with the hostname or IP address of your remote server.
-     `$ ssh-copy-id myserver`
+   `$ ssh-copy-id myserver`
 
 If you're using Mac OS X and you don't have ssh-copy-id installed, download and install [Homebrew](http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew "Homebrew") and run the `brew install ssh-copy-id` command.
 
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ If successful, you should now see a message like:
 
 > Now try logging into the machine, with "ssh 'myserver'", and check in:
 >
->    ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
+>  ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
 >
 > to make sure we haven't added extra keys that you weren't expecting.
 
-Now the next time that you SSH onto the server, it should log you in without prompting you for your password.
+Now the next time that you SSH onto the server, it should log you in without prompting you for your password.