How to configure SSH for a passwordless login into your remote machine

• On local machine, run ssh-keygen. This creates two files /.ssh/id_rsa.pub (public key) and /.ssh/id_rsa (private key).
• Still on local machine, run ssh-copy-id remoteusername@remoteserver. This copies your public key to remote server.
• Now try doing ssh to remote machine, no password should be required.

Ensure:

• Remote machine is running sshd.
• Local machine has relevant terminal with ssh installed.
• Verified on an old mac (local machine) with FreeBSD 14 (server).

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