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Not receiving root password

  • Posted on November 11, 2014
  • VarsAsked by Vars

Hi.

I created a new droplet yesterday but still have not received the root password in my email. I tried resetting the root password as well as create that droplet again but still no email. I have received emails from digital ocean before and they do not appear in my spam folder. Any ideas why I’m not receiving my root password?

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stefanpynappels • November 27, 2014

Did you set up the droplet with a SSH key? If you do this, no password will be sent to you, you SSH in using the key and then run “passwd” to change it to one of your choosing.

Amplifyn (Pvt) ltd. • September 7, 2018

If someone from future comes across the same issue here’s how I solved it.

  1. I went to the specific droplet page. eg. Droplets->[droplet name].
  2. Selected recovery option from the menu and select “Boot from recovery ISO”.
  3. Switched off droplet using the “On/Off” button on top.
  4. After it turned off, I re-pressed the button to turn it on.
  5. Then Clicked on “Console” button on top.
  6. After opening the console I got 6 options to select in the console window. I first selected “1” and enter to mount the disk image.
  7. Once mounted, I entered “3” to reset droplet root password.
  8. Tada!!! I was prompted to enter the new password twice.
  9. After everything done, Go back to recovery option and select “boot from Hard drive” option.
  10. Turn it Off and On again
  11. Done. I was able to access the droplet from my terminal.

Hope this helps. I’m Using Debian 9 as the OS.

Jashu • September 18, 2015

I too experienced this problem with initial creation of the droplet. However, resetting the droplet’s root password triggered the email.

Until the issue is fixed, try this:

  1. create your droplet
  2. goto > Droplets > Access
  3. Reset Root Password

Check your email, you should have received the access password. At least I did.

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