My ssh keys were all right till I installed let’s encrypt. since then I had this error
port 22: Connection timed out
I’ve tried to reset my password and tried to install my ssh keys by hand and not from the terminal, nothing works! I can’t access my root user neither my deploy user. How can I fix that, please?
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try creating a new user with sudo privileges - install your key(s) to that user and attempt a login
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adduser SOMENAME -
usermod -aG sudo SOMENAME -
vi /home/SOMENAME/.ssh/id_rsa.pubpaste your public key -
cp -v /home/SOMENAME/.ssh/id_rsa /home/SOMENAME/.ssh/authorized_keys -
chmod 600 /home/SOMENAME/.ssh/authorized_keys
Replace SOMENAME with a name of your choice.
Ensure your KeyAgent is running on your working computer
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eval `ssh-agent` -
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
I am assuming your key name is id_rsa and that you are working on a linux of macOS system
then try and ssh to your droplet with the new user using the IP of your droplet
ssh SOMENAME@XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
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