Add public key
$ scp .ssh/id_rsa.pub foo@localhost: $ ssh foo@localhost # if .ssh does not exist yet: $ mkdir .ssh $ ls -ld .ssh drwxrwxr-x 2 foo foo 4096 Jul 17 05:51 .ssh/ $ chmod 0700 .ssh/ $ cat id_rsa.pub >> .ssh/authorized_keys $ rm id_rsa.pub