1) on client, establish ssh key, copy with client name, scp to server into users directory on linux client in ~/.ssh ssh-keygen -b 2048 -t rsa cp id_rsa.pub id_rsa-client scp id_rsa-client user@theserver.com:/home/user/.ssh/id_rsa-client 2) on server, append ~/.ssh/authorized_keys with public client key on linux server in ~/.ssh cat id_rsa-client >> authorized_keys 3) on client, verify function (execute command on server without password or login) on linux client in ~ ssh theserver.com w (should provide status on server) to login: ssh theserver.com