How to scp and ssh without prompting for password

When you use scp to copy files from Unix machine to Unix machine, it asks you for your password.  Ditto when you use ssh.  When copying a lot of files, this can get tedious.  

To set up keys on both machines such that they’ll recognize each other in the future, and you can do password-less transfers, follow the directions on this website.

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