I need to get acces via ssh to my ubunto droplet from Windows. The only way to get my public-key to the according account on my ubuntu droplet seems to be via copy and paste in nano. When I paste them into nano they are pasted each time. The console did already othe strange stuff, like inverting the caps lock and what not. How can I fix this?
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Hello, all
The Copy/Paste functionality of our web console is a bit odd; the code backing it is custom due to the way the VNC window is implemented for accessing your Droplet. It isn’t a good idea, in my experience, to rely on the console for long copy/pasting like an SSH key.
My recommended method to get the key on the Droplet is over SSH itself. You can enable PasswordAuthentication for your Droplet by modifying your /etc/ssh/sshd_config file. Once set to Yes restart the SSH service and connect via an SSH client for a more stable connection. You can then modify your ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file to add the appropriate public key.
This should do the job for you as well.
The other option is to temporary enable the
PasswordAuthentication
from no to yes in order to access your droplet using password and then once you’ve entered your key to disable the PasswordAuthentication again. This way is considered more secure than uploading the key to a Dropbox in case you don’t have any other server to us.sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
PasswordAuthentication
from “no” to “yes” and save the filesudo nano ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
PasswordAuthentication
from “yes” to “no” and save the fileHope that this helps! Regards, Alex
Hi there @carstenh,
What I could suggest instead is to follow the steps from this guide here on how to regain access to your Droplet:
https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/droplets/resources/console/
Hope that this helps! Regards, Bobby