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How to I add a second key to the authorized_keys file
I need to add a public key to the .ssh/authorized_keys file on my server, how do I do this as I already see an key in there and I need to add a second one?
Thanks,
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Just add the new key on a new line in the same file.
Hello there,
You can check our article on How to Upload an SSH Public Key to an Existing Droplet
I will recommend you to edit the
.ssh/authorized_keysvia ssh using an ssh-client and not using the DigitalOcean console.Hope that this helps! Regards, Alex
I can paste anything into that shell. I am unable to ssh in from my terminal. When did this become such hassle?