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I am unabling to log into my account using putty

Posted on April 12, 2015

Hello there,

Let me know how can I log into my account using putty as I am on windows machine. I followed this doc and having the same issue as in the comment mentioned (i.e “access denied”).

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I am not sure if this is the tutorial you followed, if not I would recommend checking this one out.

If you did not set up your droplet with ssh-key based authentication you should receive an email with a default root password. With this you should be able to log in with the following:

Host: Your droplet’s IP Protocol: SSH Port: 22 User: root Password: Password that was emailed to you

When you first log in you will be prompted to change your password. After entering your password you will be asked:

  • To enter the temporary password again.
  • To enter a new password
  • To re-type the new password

Once this is done you will have access to your shell.

Tengo el mismo problema que rakeshmali

Hello there,

I have set all the configuration as above into the PuTTy and followed the following steps.

  • I click on the load it is prompting the new terminal window
  • Now it asking for “Login as :” then I enter here - root
  • Now it has asked for enter password and when I hit the enter it prompt as “Access denied”

Please help and provide me the solution for it…

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