Enter as follows from a shell: ssh-keygen -t rsa (press enter at all prompts) Then enter as follows from a shell: cd ~/.ssh chmod 700 . mv id_rsa.pub authorized_keys2 cd Finally enter as follows from a shell: ssh localhost You should be logged in without having typed your password. This is only for your system administrator if this procedure does not work. On the server, edit on the server /etc/ssh/sshd_config to uncomment and set RSAAuthentication yes Restart the server.