Permission denied, please try again error in ssh

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# Logging # obsoletes QuietMode and FascistLogging SyslogFacility AUTHPRIV #LogLevel INFO # Authentication: #LoginGraceTime 2m #PermitRootLogin yes #StrictModes yes #MaxAuthTries 6 #MaxSessions 10 #RSAAuthentication yes #PubkeyAuthentication yes # The default is to check both .ssh/authorized_keys and .ssh/authorized_keys2 # but this is overridden so installations will only check .ssh/authorized_keys AuthorizedKeysFile .ssh/authorized_keys

KFSys · Answer

Hi @bizcraf24 , It seems like you can only SSH in your droplet using SSH keys, you need to put your id_rsa.pub file contents in your ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file. If this is still not working, try with the following suggestions Your home directory ~, your ~/.ssh directory and the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file on the remote machine must be writable only by you: rwx------ and rwxr-xr-x are fine, but rwxrwx--- is no good, even if you are the only user in your group (if you prefer numeric modes: 700 or 755, not 775). If ~/.ssh or authorized_keys is a symbolic link, the canonical path (with symbolic links expanded) is checked. Your ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file (on the remote machine) must be readable (at least 400), but you’ll need it to be also writable (600) if you will add any more keys to it. Your private key file (on the local machine) must be readable and writable only by you: rw-------, i.e. 600. Regards,KDSys

alexdo · 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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