#!/bin/bash echo You can also try ssh-copy-id user@remotehost if [ $1 ] then REMOTEHOST=$1 else echo "::*** Enter << user@remotehost >> to connect to:" read -p "***:: " REMOTEHOST fi scp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub $REMOTEHOST:~/tmp.pub ssh $REMOTEHOST "mkdir -p ~/.ssh && chmod 700 ~/.ssh && cat ~/tmp.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys && chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys && rm -f ~/tmp.pub" echo "~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub is appended to $REMOTEHOST:~/.ssh/authorized_keys"