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    I would use RSA keys rather than DSA. But other than that, full agree. Commented Feb 7, 2012 at 9:03
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    sometimes you cannot add keys to the remote host, eg network appliances. Commented Apr 13, 2016 at 5:07
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    I tried this. ssh is still asking for a password. Do you specifically have to give an IP address? I tried it with both <user>@<domain-name> and just the domain name. Commented Jun 20, 2017 at 14:39
  • This command said too many arguments? (for step 3) Commented Aug 8, 2017 at 2:59
  • I had to change to ssh-keygen -t dsa and manually enter file location instead. Commented Aug 8, 2017 at 3:10