I still can’t copy and paste into the console. I need to update my authorized keys and what should take 2 minutes is taking more than an hour, with still no resolution in sight.

Edit: What I ended up doing was copying my idrsa.pub to a public server, wgeting it to my DO, and then yanking and pasting into `~/.ssh/authorizedkeys` with vim.

You know how I got this to work after not finding any workable solution?? Logged into console, edited ~/.ssh/authorized_keys using NANO and manually typed out the new ssh key…

Was locked out due to disabling password authentication and Permission denied (publickey).

On a Mac, wrote an AppleScript to type.

In Script Editor located /Applications/Utilities/Script Editor

tell application "System Events"
    set textToType to "ssh-rsa AAAAB..."
    delay 20
    repeat with i from 1 to count characters of textToType
        keystroke (character i of textToType)
        delay 0.6
    end repeat
end tell

Make sure to have ~/.ssh/authorized_keys already open in an editor and in insert mode waiting to type

Press play

After a 20 second delay (hopefully, enough time to change to the console browser window ready for the typing to start) this will type the text inside set textToType to emulating keystrokes

Same problem here: Reversed capitalisation; Cannot Copy/Paste.
Why am I having problems I had during the 1980’s on DEC Terminal on a 2400 baud modem?
Very frustrating.
Just trying to update my authorized_keys since SSH gives “Permission denied (public key)”.

this is still a problem for me in 2019. How is this like this?

2020, pasting anything into your default console results in different text. WTF digitalocean? Is this a joke?

@pjpark

If you’re on a MacBook / MacBook Pro, the best option is to use Terminal or Hyper – on Windows, it’s best to use PuTTy.

The console that’s available through the DigitalOcean Control Panel requires that you type in input – you won’t be able to CMD+V or CTRL+V it in.

There are several answers provided that will definitely work. I figured I’d also share mine.

1. Enable ssh password authentication
2. ssh using your normal terminal so you can copy and paste like normal
3. Disable password authentication for security

Little more work but, it’s straightforward.

That’s the point. I can’t do any of that stuff because I can’t get ssh to work, and I can’t try to get the keys to work manually because I can’t copy or paste.