To circumvent entering your passphrase every time you SSH into a machine, you can use the ssh-agent command that will enter the passphrase for you. See the Using ssh-agent heading. The ssh-copy-id ...

That’s a lot of typing. You can make this slightly more efficient by using the ssh-agent and ssh-add commands. That’s right, using the combination of SCP, SSH key authentication, and ssh-agent ...

If you've ever used a remote Linux server, then chances are that you've used SSH (Secure Shell). It's a mainstay for remote ...