I have reviewed every document I could find and have not found a solution to my problem. I am attempting to access my Droplet using SSH from Windows PowerShell.
SSH is running and I can access the droplet console through the Droplet control panel on the web site. From there I can log in using SSH (as a test) with two users (root and my own).
/etc/ssh/sshd_config has
I know the passwords are correct.
After my login is denied I can see the following lines in the SSH log:
Any ideas?
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Hello there,
I had a similar issue in the past and this thread came handy for me
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-security-4/ssh-login-failed-pam_unix-authentication-failure-error-4175489975/
Regards
Hi there,
It looks like the password that you are trying to use is incorrect or possibly it contains a special character like
@
which might not be interpreted by Powershell correctly.What I could suggest is changing your password so that it does not have any special characters as a test and giving it another try.
Let me know how it goes!
Best,
Bobby