By Lasse
I’ve tried all the tutorials on DO how to set up SSH but nothing will let me get past the access denied. I set it up originally and wanted to add another user, so I followed a tutorial on that, now I cant login with either… Is there a way to reset ssh and start over without damaging the server (being online) as there is a website connected that needs not be interrupted.
Thank you any help is appreciated…
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Which guide(s) did you follow? Let’s start there so we’re on the same page and we can work from there :-).
@jtittle Thank you so far so good, I have access to COnsole and root as well. I followed the steps you have outlined. Tried for kicks to ssh from local machine… Still permission denied :/
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh <user>@<hostname> 'cat >> .ssh/authorized_keys && echo "Key copied"'
That worked for me.
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