when i enter ssh root@your_droplet_ip all i get is Permission denied (publickey) can anyone help with this?

February 23, 2018 688 views
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ptebrewin
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root@ubuntu-s-2vcpu-4gb-lon1-01:~# ssh root@17...**
Permission denied (publickey).

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jasonjpeters February 23, 2018

eval `ssh-agent`

ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa

I am assuming your key file is name id_rsa

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ptebrewin February 23, 2018

root@ubuntu-s-2vcpu-4gb-lon1-01:~# eval ssh-agent
Agent pid 1666
root@ubuntu-s-2vcpu-4gb-lon1-01:~# ssh-add ~/.ssh/idrsa
/root/.ssh/idrsa: No such file or directory

that's what I get back

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  • jasonjpeters February 24, 2018

    root@ubuntu-s-2vcpu-4gb-lon1-01:~# ssh-add ~/.ssh/idrsa

    should be...

    root@ubuntu-s-2vcpu-4gb-lon1-01:~# ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa

    This is assuming your SSH key is name id_rsa - If you have named it something else then you will need to adjust accordingly.

ptebrewin February 24, 2018

root@ubuntu-s-2vcpu-4gb-lon1-01:~# ssh-agent

SSHAUTHSOCK=/tmp/ssh-gsyd8lctjfdv/agent.12627; export SSHAUTHSOCK;
SSHAGENTPID=12628; export SSHAGENTPID;
echo Agent pid 12628;

root@ubuntu-s-2vcpu-4gb-lon1-01:~# ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa

Could not open a connection to your authentication agent.

^^^^^^

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