Question
how do i regain ftp access if i deleted ssh keys from /etc/ssh
I have a droplet on digital ocean.
As I had to revoke my old SSH keys, I first updated the /root/.ssh/authorized_keys with the new SSH key.
I then deleted the old keys from the file in /root
AND ALSO
(this is the problem creating step, I guess..)
deleted the keys from /etc/ssh in my ubuntu server, thinking they were the SSHs keys I had generated earlier.
ps - I didn’t delete the config files - Sshconfig / sshimportid / sshdconfig / moduli.
I deleted sshhostrsakeypub / sshhostrsa_key and similar files for dsa / ecdsa / ed25519
Now I’m unable to connect to my server. How do I go about solving this issue?
I do have console access to the droplet and I have backups of the files I deleted from etc/ssh
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