I’m new to the system and I’m having a problem inputting the passowrd. Do I need to add user@ip then password because it’s not taking user/psswd
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I’ve the same error, i created the dropet, but when i put the password, show error on console.
The default user is root and the password for that user is what you receive via email.
If you’re still having issues, you can reset the password in the DigitalOcean control panel:
Of course, if you use SSH keys you won’t need to worry about the password at all. Check out:
How To Use SSH Keys with PuTTY on DigitalOcean Droplets (Windows users)
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