Question
Adding new SSH Key to Exisiting Droplet
- Posted on January 25, 2016
- ScalingLinux BasicsLinux CommandsLAMP StackUbuntu
Asked by ToddAJohnson93
Hey Guys,
I recently did a fresh OS install on my local machine and forgot to backup my SSH Keys. I generated a new SSH Key on my now “NEW” machine and copied the public ssh_key to /Home/USER/.ssh/authorized_keys however I am still unable to SSH into the Server, The connection continues to time out… Has anyone had any similar problems?
Thank you in advance.
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You should add your ssh private key to your ssh-agent First check if your ssh-agent is running, then ssh-add you private key