I can not log into my digitalocean ubuntu server

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I configured my digitalocean ubuntu server from MacOS catalina. At that time I used SSH key authentication and disabled password authentication feature.I was able to access to the server by typing ssh username@ip . Then I have upgraded my system to MacOS Big Sur. And now I can’t login to the server either using ssh root@ip or ssh username@ip .It shows the same error in both cases (** Permission denied (publickey).**) Now, what should I do? Please, help someone.

alexdo · Accepted Answer

Hello there, You can check our article on How to Upload an SSH Public Key to an Existing Droplet https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/droplets/how-to/add-ssh-keys/to-existing-droplet/ You can access the droplet from the DigitalOcean console and then temporary enable the PasswordAuthentication on your droplet and access the droplet with a password to upload the ssh-key. If you haven’t created new pair of keys you’ll need to do that first. You can enable PasswordAuthentication for your Droplet by modifying your /etc/ssh/sshd_config file. Once set to Yes restart the SSH service and connect via an SSH client for a more stable connection. You can then modify your ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file to add the appropriate public key. This change can be made from the DigitalOcean’s console. If you’re having issues accessing the console you can then reach to our amazing support team that can help you further with this. To enable the PasswordAuthentication follow these steps: Login to the console on the DigitalOcean website. Type sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config Change PasswordAuthentication from “no ” to “yes ” and save the file Open a terminal on your computer and type ssh username@[hostname or IP address] or if on a Windows box use PuTTY for password login making sure authentication parameters aren’t pointing to a private key Login with a password Type sudo nano ~/.ssh/authorized_keys Paste public key text here and save the file Type sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config Change PasswordAuthentication from “yes ” to “no” and save the file Log out and attempt to log back in (if using PuTTY make sure you set up auth parameters to point to your private key) You can then upload the key using this command: ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/mykey user@droplet Hope that this helps!Regards,Alex

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