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Any SSH related command ends with "Permission denied (publickey)"

Posted October 3, 2017 1.3k views
Linux Basics Linux Commands Ubuntu 16.04

I created this Droplet a few months ago. After some time i tried to connect to it again. I got everytime I tried 

$ ssh user@server
Permission denied (publickey)

So I just tried to follow the steps again in this tutorial:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-ssh-keys–2

But anything that connects to the server with SSH (ssh-copy-id) ends abruptly with “Permission denied (publickey)”

The public key I created last was added in Settings > Security > SSH Keys

Any ideas?

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bobbyiliev August 19, 2019

Hello,

You would need to redeploy the SSH key to your droplet, only adding the SSH key to the Settings > Security > SSH Keys does not actually deploy the key to the existing droplet itself unless you specify so during the droplet creation.

You can follow the steps on how to regain access to your server here:

https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/droplets/resources/console/

Hope that this helps!
Regards,
Bobby

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