# How do I avoid entering my password each time I connect to the Princeton HPC Clusters?

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**Category:** Princeton Research Computing\
**Tags:** ssh, hpc-getting-started, passwords\
**Created:** [January 21, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/how-do-i-avoid-entering-my-password-each-time-i-connect-to-the-princeton-hpc-clusters/1713 "2021-01-21T19:59:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![rrkknight3](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/user_avatar/ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/rrkknight3/32/288_2.png) [@rrkknight3](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/rrkknight3)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/how-do-i-avoid-entering-my-password-each-time-i-connect-to-the-princeton-hpc-clusters/1713/1 "2021-01-21T19:59:30Z")

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Each time that I connect to one of the Princeton HPC Clusters, I get a password prompt. Is there a way to avoid this?

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**Author:** ![rrkknight3](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/user_avatar/ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/rrkknight3/32/288_2.png) [@rrkknight3](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/rrkknight3)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/how-do-i-avoid-entering-my-password-each-time-i-connect-to-the-princeton-hpc-clusters/1713/2 "2021-01-21T20:02:34Z")

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Fortunately, there is a way and the process only needs to be done once per cluster.

The guide for how to accomplish this is [here](https://github.com/PrincetonUniversity/removing_tedium/tree/master/02_passwordless_logins).