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Why I cannot log in with publickey as a user (Ubuntu 22.04)

Hello,

I am using the lastest version of Ubuntu and I added SSH Key via Digital Ocean when I created the Droplet.

Here is my sshd_config (I pointed with arrows what I changed and still does not work):

https://imgur.com/a/OoHNEwC

What should I do?

Thank you!

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Bobby Iliev
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• June 17, 2022

Hi there,

What is the exact error that you get when you try to login? Also what SSH client are you using?

Can you try adding the -vv flag to your SSH command, that will show you the reason why the connection is not working.

If you’ve added your SSH key to the Droplet, before creating it, there should be no changes to the SSH config required. If the SSH key was added to your DigitalOcean account after the Droplet creation, you would need to add your public SSH key to your Droplet manually:

https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/add-ssh-keys/

Best,

Bobby

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