eliminating need for password

[David Miller]

I have a small network of machines and am ssh and scp'ing amongst them quite frequently. I would love to configure ssh so that I do not constantly need to enter a password every time I ssh or scp. I have tried setting up the automatic RSA protocol using the authorized_keys file, following the instructions in 'man ssh' but I still need to enter my password every time, even though the instructions indicate otherwise. I would be extremely grateful if anyone could help me sort this out, or point me in the direction of a good document describing this problem. Thanks!   -David-