How To Use SSH Keys to login console?

mkdir ~/.ssh && echo “ssh-rsa AAAAB…” >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

You simply need to copy the contents of your public key into the file ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on the server. On the local machine, run:

<pre> ssh-copy-id root@your.ip.address </pre>

If you don’t have the ssh-copy-id command, you can use:

<pre> cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh root@your.ip.address “cat >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys” </pre>

I have followed the steps required in order to get my SSH key going

• I created the directory .ssh and the file authorized_keys under home/usr

• I copied the contents of the public key straight from PuttyGen and pasted it into the file home/usr/.ssh/authorized_keys

• I configured putty to use the correct private key file located on my windows machine

When attempting to log in I get the message “Server refused our key” and then I’m prompted with a login. I have no idea what I’m doing wrong here…