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SSH Asking for root password when SSH Key associated
- Posted May 20, 2015
- Configuration ManagementSecurityEmail
Hi, i’m new at DigitalOcean, and I’m trying to connect via ssh to my first droplet. I associated my ssh key with the droplet, but when I try to connect via ssh, the server asks me a password. What am I doing wrong ?
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- Open PuTTY
- Click on + sign @ Category SSH
- Click on Auth
- Click on Browse and open your key
- Go back to Category Session, add IP and open
Write root
It asks for your SSH Key password
Change passwort for root with
What SSH client are you using to connect via SSH? Is it PuTTY or something else?
You need to specify the private key on the SSH client.