Dear !!
I created droplet 2 weeks ago.
I followed the using ssh guide, creating ssh key, adding ssh key for security on digitalocean.
I have logined the system everyday since setup.
But Today I try . : ssh root@IP address, I found the following message.
Permission denied (publickey).
I searched all question, but not working.
Please help me.
I had same issue & I found this link.
https://medium.com/@hidace/how-to-ssh-into-a-digitalocean-server-after-getting-permission-denied-publickey-error-77b687c2880d
I had same issue couple days ago. My problem was name of public key, I just rename public key to id_rsa and it works again.
Try with ssh -vvv root@IP address and see what is your problem with login.
When I try this command : ssh -vvv root@IP address,
the result is below.debug2: key: /Users/happy/.ssh/idrsa (0x7fe651412070), explicit, agent
debug3: send packet: type 5
debug3: receive packet: type 7
debug1: SSH2MSGEXTINFO received
debug1: kexinputextinfo: server-sig-algs=<rsa-sha2-256,rsa-sha2-512>
debug3: receive packet: type 6
debug2: serviceaccept: ssh-userauth
debug1: SSH2MSGSERVICEACCEPT received
debug3: send packet: type 50
debug3: receive packet: type 51
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug3: start over, passed a different list publickey
debug3: preferred publickey,keyboard-interactive,password
debug3: authmethodlookup publickey
debug3: remaining preferred: keyboard-interactive,password
debug3: authmethodisenabled publickey
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Offering RSA public key: /Users/happy/.ssh/idrsa
debug3: sendpubkey_test
debug3: send packet: type 50
debug2: we sent a publickey packet, wait for reply
debug3: receive packet: type 51
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey
debug2: we did not send a packet, disable method
debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
Permission denied (publickey).
Do you have multiple ssh-keys on your computer?
you might wanna check if you have added your ssh key to your agent with 'ssh-add -L'
I'm having a very similar experience, except I'm not sure I ever managed to log in! Everything ends in Permission denied (publickey). e.g.
ssh-copy-id oolong@[my IP address]
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: attempting to log in with the new key(s), to filter out any that are already installed
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: 1 key(s) remain to be installed -- if you are prompted now it is to install the new keys
Permission denied (publickey).
I'm using Mint, fwiw.
Thanks for your advice.
Did you manage the problem?
I have a same result, "Permission denied (publickey)."
Sincerely.
Probably, it can be useful to know.
If you copy private key on to you PC, for instance, after system reinstall, make sure that you have added key correctly.
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
I'm getting the same thing. I'm running Ubuntu with Ruby on Rails. Trying to connect via iTerm on mac.