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nav: blog
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title: How to use Authorized Keys to Create a Passwordless SSH Connection
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slug: use-authorized-keys-create-passwordless-ssh-connection
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tags:
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- linux
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- ssh
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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.
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1. Check if you already have a SSH key.
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`$ ssh-add -L`
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2. If you don't have one, create one.
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`$ ssh-keygen`
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2. Upload the key onto the server. Replace *myserver* with the hostname or IP address of your remote server.
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`$ ssh-copy-id myserver`
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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.
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If successful, you should now see a message like:
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> Now try logging into the machine, with "ssh 'myserver'", and check in:
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> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
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> to make sure we haven't added extra keys that you weren't expecting.
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Now the next time that you SSH onto the server, it should log you in without prompting you for your password.
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