Third or so post on this topic; I'm starting to get the hang of it these days. The routine is use ssh-keygen -t rsa, generate keys, scp the public key to the remote host's .ssh/authorized_keys file.
http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/2700
http://rcsg-gsir.imsb-dsgi.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/documents/internet/node31.html
http://www.unix.com/unix-advanced-expert-users/106524-scp-without-password.html
http://mindspill.net/computing/linux-notes/ssh-or-scp-without-password/
