Question
I am unable to use SSH keys
I followed the instructed provided by…
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-use-ssh-keys-with-digitalocean-droplets
…but I am still promoted for my password when I try to login.
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if you can sftp into your server, you could check the folder ~/.ssh/ and see if there is a file named authorized_keys
that file should have your pub key(s) you created on your home computer.
If they are all there, then you might want to check permissions on the ~./ssh folder on both your server and your home computer. Sometimes ssh wants the .ssh files locked down on your home computer..at least to 660 if not 600
And what if they’re not all there?
In my server’s authorized_keys file I see a line that says “ssh-rsa” followed by a string of code. That’s it.