stop typing pwd using ssh

To use public keys with an ssh server, you'll first need to generate a public/private key pair:

$ ssh-keygen -t rsa
        

You can also use -t dsa for DSA keys, or -t rsa1 if you're using Protocol v1. (And shame on you if you are! Upgrade to v2 as soon as you can!)

After you enter the above command, you should see something like this:

Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/home/rob/.ssh/id_rsa):

Just hit Enter there. It will then ask you for a pass phrase; just hit enter twice (but read the Security note below). Here's what the results should look like:

Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:
Your identification has been saved in /home/rob/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /home/rob/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
a6:5c:c3:eb:18:94:0b:06:a1:a6:29:58:fa:80:0a:bc rob@localhost

This created two files, ~/.ssh/id_rsa and ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub. To use this keypair on a server, try this:

$ ssh server "mkdir .ssh; chmod 0700 .ssh"
$ scp .ssh/id_rsa.pub server:.ssh/authorized_keys2