HOW do I add a ssh key from a NEW laptop to an existing droplet. I’ve added via the admin panel my ssh public key and when restarting the droplet it’s not added. I’ve tried “ssh root@myip” and typing in the root password I set, I get permission denied. I’ve tried resetting the droplet password and “ssh root@myip” withthe newly sent password, I stil get permission denied. The console via the do website can get me logged in but it lacks copy paste so I cannot paste in the ssh key via that.
Running Ubuntu 14.04 both droplet and my computer.
HOW do I get my ssh key into the droplet?
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When I do:
sudo service ssh restart
I get:
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl restart ssh.service
Failed to restart ssh.service: Unit not found.
Any ideas?
Is this not a HUGE security hole? I’ve been using DO for years now and just now realized that deleting keys from the UI interface does not remove the keys from authorized_keys. It appears brutally obvious right now, but I was under the impression that by removing the key from the UI I was removing the user’s access. So, I’ve had old users in my authorized_keys file. Yikes!!
This worked for me too, thanks! One thing I would add is that if you are on Windows 10, you can go to the MS store, install the Ubuntu shell, and run the “ssh-copy-id” command there. That is what I did.
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