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You have to create the .ssh directory and the authorized_keys file the first time.

Create the .ssh directory:

mkdir ~/.ssh

Set the right permissions:

chmod 700 ~/.ssh

Create the authorized_keys file:

touch ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

Set the right permissions:

chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

The permissions are important! It won't work without the right permissions!

Now you can add the public key to the authorized_keys file:

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

You have to add the public key of your computer to the authorized_keys file of the computer you want to access using SSH Keys!

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