Listing 5. After generating your public/private pair, you need to use ssh-copy-id to copy the public part to the remote server. $ ssh-copy-id -i /home/fkereki/.ssh/id_rsa.pub fkereki@192.168.1.107 The authenticity of host '192.168.1.107 (192.168.1.107)' can't be established. RSA key fingerprint is 16:a4:d8:6a:ee:e0:8d:f4:72:a8:af:42:75:1d:28:3b. Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes Warning: Permanently added '192.168.1.107' (RSA) to the list of known hosts. fkereki@192.168.1.107's password: