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How to resolve Permission denied (publickey) - multiple ssh keys conflict probably.

Posted March 17, 2020 691 views
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**I am completely new to DigitalOcean. I have a somehow connected droplet at the first time I have created ssh key. I have given the name id_do_rsa and id_do_rsa.pub just because I am having one more set of ssh for bitbucket.

Now after a few days when I am trying to login using ssh root@xxx.xxx.xx.x it is giving me Permission denied (publickey) error.

In the log using ssh -vvv root@xxx.xxx.xx.x I think it is using id_rsa instead of id_do_rsa 

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debug1: Will attempt key: /Users/username/.ssh/id_rsa RSA SHA256:C2lx71R4KU

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Is there any way to fix it or will I have to create another key?

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bobbyiliev March 17, 2020

Hi there @jartist77,

What you could do is specify the path to the id_do_rsa SSH key with the -i flag. That way you can use your id_do_rsa SSH key rather than the default one.

The command would look something like this:

ssh -i /path/to/id_do_rsa root@xxx.xxx.xx.x

Let me know how it goes!
Regards,
Bobby

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Howaids April 5, 2020

Hello, I’ve been grappling with this problem for days. Finally found the perfect solution. Had to share. It’s by @grenade at Github. Just clone and follow his file permissions and you’re done. Please make sure you give him a HUGE star!!!!

https://gist.github.com/grenade/6318301#file-ssh-key-add-sh

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