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can't login unless root

I made a droplet with ssh keys selected, logged in as root perfectly fine, did “adduser demo” and “gpasswd -a demo sudo”. When i try to ssh in as demo@xxx.xxx.xxx i get a “Permission denied (publickey).” but when i try again as root@xxx.xxx.xxx its perfectly fine.

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Flamber Hansen • May 14, 2017
Accepted Answer

Hi @CrustyWang69

You need to edit the file /etc/ssh/sshd_config and edit/add this line:

PasswordAuthentication yes

And restart sshd with the command sudo service ssh restart

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