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So you want to ssh into boxes without typing in those pesky passwords every 2 mins.
SSHKeys can be your friend. I do this within a local environment.

user@localhost::~# ssh-keygen -t rsa

Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/home/user/.ssh/id_rsa):
Created directory '/home/user/.ssh'.
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:
Your identification has been saved in /home/user/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /home/user/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:

DO NOT CREATE A PASSPHRASE

now Create a .ssh directory onto The other machine. SSH into the box, then SSH into something something else will create it for you.

Add key to MachineB .ssh/authorized_keys, enter in MachineB password.

user@localhost::~#cat .ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh b@B 'cat >> .ssh/authorized_keys'
user@MachineB password:

now SSH into Machine B with fun!

Notes:

If something Fails, try this.

Put the public key in .ssh/authorized_keys2
Change the permissions of .ssh to 700
Change the permissions of .ssh/authorized_keys2 to 640