Can't login into new instance Permission Denied (publickey)

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Rebuilt an image and now I can’t login into my instance!

my /etc/hosts file has my ip address under howlit

Here is my output from: ssh -vv root@howlit

debug1: Host 'howlit' is known and matches the ECDSA host key.
debug1: Found key in /Users/kyle.calica-steinhil/.ssh/known_hosts:40
Warning: Permanently added the ECDSA host key for IP address 'XXX.XX.XX.XXX' to the list of known hosts.
debug2: set_newkeys: mode 1
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug2: set_newkeys: mode 0
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: Roaming not allowed by server
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
debug2: service_accept: ssh-userauth
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug2: key: /Users/kyle.calica-steinhil/.ssh/id_rsa (0x7fe5a8500950),
debug2: key: /Users/kyle.calica-steinhil/.ssh/id_dsa (0x0),
debug2: key: /Users/kyle.calica-steinhil/.ssh/id_ecdsa (0x0),
debug2: key: /Users/kyle.calica-steinhil/.ssh/id_ed25519 (0x0),
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Offering RSA public key: /Users/kyle.calica-steinhil/.ssh/id_rsa
debug2: we sent a publickey packet, wait for reply
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug1: Trying private key: /Users/kyle.calica-steinhil/.ssh/id_dsa
debug1: Trying private key: /Users/kyle.calica-steinhil/.ssh/id_ecdsa
debug1: Trying private key: /Users/kyle.calica-steinhil/.ssh/id_ed25519
debug2: we did not send a packet, disable method
debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
Permission denied (publickey).

Changed anything with my IP address to ‘XXX.XX.XX.XXX’

Poslik · Answer

In my case there was a problem with directory permissions. Check this out /home drwxr-xr-x. 9 root root 113 Jun 28 22:57 home and then your home directory: drwxr----- 5 user group 124 May 18 17:00 user drwx------ 2 user group 29 May 18 12:05 .ssh -rw------- 1 user group 2235 Jun 28 23:09 authorized_keys Troubleshooting start sshd in debug mode service sshd stop run sshd debug mode: /usr/sbin/sshd -ddd my error messages ... debug1: trying public key file /home/USER/.ssh/authorized_keys debug1: Could not open authorized keys '/home/USER/.ssh/authorized_keys': Permission denied ...

Tepy Thai · Answer

<^>You can take look at SSH keys tutorial for steps. You will need to copy it manually as ssh-copy-id is not available via Console.You can temporary enable password authentication. Open SSH config: sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config Find out PasswordAuthentication to yes: PasswordAuthentication yes Save file and exit editor. It requires you to restart SSH service: sudo systemctl restart sshd <^>This works! Thanks

magmax · Answer

I had the same problem, and after 4-5 hours I realize the problem and found the solution. I’m not sure about the reason, but the server only allows keys with 1024 bytes. You can: create a 1024 key locally: ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 1024 -N "" -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa_docean add it to the keys in your profile use it to create the droplet use it to login: ssh root@YOUR_IP -i id_rsa_docean Because of another bug, maybe using more than 1 key may fail because the authorized_keys may corrupt. I’d love to know why those two problems: the authorized_keys mess and the size limit in the key.

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