summary:using scp without being prompted for password

Hi, 
     You have to generate the publickey following way:

User Public Key Authentication
Per-user configuration information and encryption keys are stored in the
.ssh2 subdirectory of each user's home directory. 
In the following instructions, Remote is the SSH Secure Shell server machine
into which you are trying to connect, and Local is the machine running an
SSH Secure Shell client. 

Keys generated with ssh-keygen
In order to set up user public key authentication, either use the Public Key
Manager, ssh-pubkeymgr, or do a manual setup according to the following
instructions. 
                         To make sure that public key authentication is
enabled, the AllowedAuthentications field both in /etc/ssh2/sshd2_config
file on Remote and in /etc/ssh2/ssh2_config file on Local should contain the
word publickey: 
		AllowedAuthentications   publickey
		Other authentication methods can be listed in the
configuration file as well. 
	1.	Create a keypair by executing ssh-keygen (ssh-keygen2) on
Local. 
		Local> ssh-keygen
		Generating 1024-bit dsa key pair
		   1 oOo.oOo.o
		Key generated.
		1024-bit dsa, user@Local, Wed Mar 22 2000 00:13:43
		        +0200
		Passphrase : 
		Again :
		Private key saved to
		               /home/user/.ssh2/id_dsa_1024_a
		Public key saved to 
		               /home/user/.ssh2/id_dsa_1024_a.pub
		Ssh-keygen will ask you for a passphrase for the new key.
Enter a sufficiently long (20 characters or so) sequence of any characters
(white spaces are OK). Ssh-keygen creates a .ssh2 directory in your home
directory, and stores your new authentication key pair in two separate
files. One is your private key which must NEVER be made available to anyone
but yourself. The private key can only be used together with the passphrase.
In the above example, the private key file is id_dsa_1024_a. The other file
id_dsa_1024_a.pub is your public key, which can be distributed to other
computers. 
	2.	Create an identification file in your ~/.ssh2 directory on
Local. 
		Local> cd ~/.ssh2
		Local> echo "IdKey id_dsa_1024_a" > identification
		You now have an identification file which consists of one
line that denotes the file containing your identification (your private
key). For special applications, you can create multiple identifications by
executing ssh-keygen again. This is, however, not needed in the most common
cases. 
	3.	Copy your public key (id_dsa_1024_a.pub) to the ~/.ssh2
directory on Remote. 
	4.	Create an authorization file in your ~/.ssh2 directory on
Remote. Add the following line to authorization: 
		Key     id_dsa_1024_a.pub
		This directs the SSH server to use id_dsa_1024_a.pub as a
valid public key when authorizing your login. If you want to login to Remote
from other hosts, create authorization keys on the hosts (steps 1 and 2) and
repeat steps 3 and 4 on Remote. 
	5.	Now you should be able to login to Remote from Local using
Secure Shell. 
		Try to login: 
		Local>ssh Remote
		Passphrase for key "/home/user/.ssh2/id_dsa_1024_a
		with comment "1024-bit dsa, created by user@Local 
		Wed Mar 22 2000 00:13:43 +0200":
		After you have entered the passphrase of your private key, a
Secure Shell connection will be established. 

Example :
ny-fme-01:more /etc/ssh2/ssh2_config
# ssh2_config
# SSH 2.0 Client Configuration File

*:
        Port                            22
#       Ciphers                         AnyStdCipher
        Ciphers                         3des

ny-cnc-01:more /etc/ssh2/sshd2_config
#       Ciphers                         AnyStd
#       Ciphers                         AnyCipher
#       Ciphers                         AnyStdCipher
        Ciphers                         3des
        
        AllowedAuthentications          publickey,password,hostbased
#       RequiredAuthentications         publickey,password

        RequireReverseMapping           yes
        UserKnownHosts                  yes

# subsystem definitions

        subsystem-sftp                  sftp-server


ny-fme-01:more authorization
key foo.pub
ny-cnc-01:more identification
IdKey  id_dsa_1024_a

Server #cp     -r         id_dsa_1024_a.pub        ~/.ssh2/foo.pub


Regards,
Mukesh Patel
Goamerica