Generating and sending ssh keys: Typing your account's password each time you want to access CVS is not very convenient. Instead you can send a ssh key. To generate it use the following command: ssh-keygen -t rsa or ssh-keygen -t rsa -f NOTE: When it asks for password you may leave it empty. The comment of the key is completely irrelevant. If you provide a , you also have to add the following lines to ~/.ssh/config, otherwise SSH (and thus CVS) will not recognize your key: host mplayerhq.hu IdentityFile Now, if you are using OpenSSH, you have to convert your public key into ssh.com format, since MPlayer's server uses this ssh implementation. You can do this simply by executing: ssh-keygen -e -f yourkey.pub > yourkey_ssh2.pub NOTE: Replace 'yourkey' with a filename proper for you (the file can be found in ~/.ssh directory, the default one is ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub). Mail yourkey_ssh2.pub to Arpi and, please, be patient. As soon as it is installed, you will no longer need to type any password.