Command-Password Less scp, ssh and rsync
Whenever you need to use scp to copy files, it asks for passwords. Same with rsync as it(by default) uses ssh as well. Usually scp and rsync commands are used to transfer or backup files between known hosts or by the same user on both the hosts. It can get really annoying the password is asked every time. I even had the idea of writing an expect script to provide the password. Of course, I didn't. Instead I browsed for a solution and found it after quite some time. There are already a couple of links out there which talk about it. I am adding to it... Lets say you want to copy between two hosts host_src and host_dest . host_src is the host where you would run the scp , ssh or rsyn command, irrespective of the direction of the file copy ! 1. On host_src , run this command as the user that runs scp / ssh / rsync $ ssh-keygen -t rsa This will prompt for a passphrase. Just press the enter key. It'll then generate an identification (privat