root@fourth:/home/fred# cd .ssh/ root@fourth:/home/fred/.ssh# ls -al total 12 drwx------ 2 fred fred 4096 Sep 26 23:38 . drwxr-xr-x 3 fred fred 4096 Sep 26 23:36 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 419 Sep 26 23:38 id_rsa.pub root@fourth:/home/fred/.ssh# cat id_rsa.pub > authorized_keys root@fourth:/home/fred/.ssh# chown fred:fred authorized_keys root@fourth:/home/fred/.ssh# chmod 600 authorized_keys -rw------- 1 fred fred 419 Sep 26 23:43 authorized_keys -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 419 Sep 26 23:38 id_rsa.pub root@fourth:/home/fred/.ssh#