Linux SSH Key Setup March 4, 2010 How do you set up auto-login with ssh keys? Every time I set up a new server I have to look this up. So here I will write it down. Step 1 — Generate the DSA key pair ssh-keygen -t dsa Step 2 — Copy key to remote server cd scp .ssh/id_dsa.pub user@server:/ Step 3 — Logon to remove server and append key to authorized_keys ssh server cat id_dsa.pub >> .ssh/authorized_keys