you may have to name the path to your rsa.pub scp -i PATH_TO_YOUR_id_rsa.pub flopswap_0.0.4.tar.gz ....
crunch@crunch:~$ scp -i /home/crunch/.ssh/id_rsa.pub flopswap_0.0.4.tar.gz flopswap_0.0.4_source.changes flopswap_0.0.4.dsc sixwheeledbeast@drop.maemo.org:/var/www/extras-devel/incoming-builder/fremantle/ Permission denied (publickey). lost connection