No more passwords ! Create a public/private key set with the command: ssh-keygen -t rsa then add the public key under ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub to the remote file [email protected]:~/.ssh/authorized_keys with the perfect script you'll find at the bottom of the page (source http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~cjwatson/cvsweb/openssh/contrib/ssh-copy-id) ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub [email protected] The keychain app (mac leopard only) will record the passphrase then you won't need to type anything anymore to login PS: 81 15:08 ssh-agent 82 15:08 ssh-add 83 15:08 setenv SSH_AUTH_SOCK /tmp/ssh-ZlPOL10214/agent.10214; 84 15:08 setenv SSH_AGENT_PID 10215; 85 15:08 echo Agent pid 10215; 86 15:08 ssh-add |