Listing 6. After you've copied the public key over, you can log in to the remote server without a password. You will have to enter your passphrase though, if you used one when generating the public/private pair. $ ssh fkereki@192.168.1.107 Enter passphrase for key '/home/fkereki/.ssh/id_rsa': Last login: Mon Jan 10 18:40:11 2011 6.0 Light Final built on March 31, 2009 on Linux 2.6.27.12 You are working as fkereki Frequently used programs: Configuration : vasm File manager : mc (press F2 for useful menu) Editor : mcedit, nano, vi Multimedia : alsamixer, play vector:/~ $ logout Connection to 192.168.1.107 closed.