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Passwordless auth with RSA key

How to connect to a SSH server without password.

Setup the client
Create your RSA key
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096
Accept all default (do not input a password)
Copy the content of the following file:
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
Setup the server
Edit the following file:
nano ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
And paste the id_rsa.pub content from the client.

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