Fix for SSH Permission Denied (Public Key)

Troubleshooting steps for the error "Permission denied (publickey)" when attempting to SSH into a remote server.
This guide assumes you have already gone through the steps of setting up SSH keys, but they’re just not working. If you haven’t already set up your keys, start here: Creating a SSH key connection with a server - • Creating a SSH key con... .
NOTES: codewithsusan.com/notes/ssh-p...
=== CHAPTERS ===
00:00 Introduction - SSH key pair basics
01:21 Check your keys are a match
03:38 Make sure SSH config is using our key
04:49 Attempt SSH connection with verbose output
05:54 Accessing server to check public key from another computer
07:03 Accessing server via a password
08:46 Accessing server via server provider console
09:40 Check public key in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
11:29 Confirming we can now SSH in
12:05 Recap
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[@codewithsusan]

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[@fahadbutt7713]

Best clear, concise explanation on the internet! Thank you!

[@FR-vr2hd]

Hi Susan, Thanks for the awesome tutorial. It solved the issue that I was grappling with for the past 3+ days. None of the other tutorials even come close to what and how you have described the issue and its resolution. Thanks

[@adityapalwankar1386]

Susan, words won't be enough to thank you on how amazing this tutorial is! So informative, so many positives. To begin with the way you explained, managed, wow! + you solved my problems in less then 15 mins, I have been googling for 60 mins! Thank you

[@codewithsusan]

So happy it helped, @Aditya! 🙂

[@ashwanimehta721]

I was stucked in this step from last 2 days and after seeing this video i did it in less than 5 mins. Words not enough to thank you @Susan.

[@spot1401]

This helped me a bunch since both on my phone (termux) and my laptop, there was no config file generated. One file, one line -- solved. Thank you :)

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Very helpful. Thank you for making these troubleshooting guides for servers. Greetings from México!!

[@yutigi]

Thank you for guiding us Susan.

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Wonderful job Susan! You just saved my life! Thank you!

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Great video, explanation. Concise and accurate. Thanks for sharing such content🙌

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[@DilatedPeoples10]

I was starting to lose my mind trying to figure this out! You are a life saver, thank you!

[@codewithsusan]

You're welcome, glad it helped!

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Step by step instructions, which is required for a beginner and that is what you have take us through. Thank you and will follow you..!! HIGH FIVE🤟👏

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thank you you have no idea how much time it toke but after trying every thing I have seen your video it was vary clear and straight forwarded it was help full.

[@codewithsusan]

You're welcome - glad you found it helpful!

[@Bobapartea]

This was soooo helpful! Thank you so much!

[@f1aziz]

Thank you. Adding my current pub key fixed the issue. Note to anyone using Proxmox Hypervisor for VMs: We can inject ssh keys into the vm, through the Cloud-init option.

[@Shaze1]

After spending hours on this error, this video fixed my problem. Thanks!

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Thank you. It helped a lot. It just worked as expected

[@donlee9193]

You know. I usually don't like videos much. But you solved a problem that was making me frustrate. Thank you

[@menfem]

thanks susan, this was a massive help !!

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For sure, that is the best explanation about this subject ever. You saved hours of searching time. Thanks a lot. :)

[@ahmeedev]

A bundle of thanks, you saved my time. Carry on helping the community ma'am. Best of luck 🤞

[@codewithsusan]

Happy to help!

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Thanks Susan for this really clear video !

[@codewithsusan]

Glad it was helpful!

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[@saviouressien1317]

Awesome, clear and concise tutorial.

[@markm4642]

This was a very useful video btw. Editing the config file helped me to solve my issue on runpod. Thanks

[@datboyblu3]

Easy explanation, thank you!

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Thank you. Awesome Job 🎉

[@mandeepmails]

Very helpful video. Thanks Susan.

[@codewithsusan]

Glad it was helpful!

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Best video I've found. Thank you! Fixed my issue.

[@codewithsusan]

Glad it helped!

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Thank you for the step by step guide

[@delesoft]

Thank you, great content.

[@justiny.2515]

I'm so glad I had this issue, because now after watching your video, I finally have a decent understanding of how ssh works. Thank you :)

[@codewithsusan]

Awesome :)

[@SamanyuKaushik]

amazing video and notes

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This is very helpful, well articulated.

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Thank u so much!!! It was very helpful ;)

[@lajeferrario]

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[@harikrishna3258]

Thank You very much Susan! It helped me fix the issue

[@codewithsusan]

Glad it helped!

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Thanks a ton for the detailed information ❤

[@codewithsusan]

No problem. Thanks for watching Avaneesh!

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[@codewithsusan]

Glad the struggle is over :)

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[@codewithsusan]

Glad it helped!

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[@codewithsusan]

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[@codewithsusan]

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I never thought it could be my cloud providers mistake I am finally able to connect to my VM Thank you

[@codewithsusan]

Glad you got it sorted out!

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Best! save my day. Thanks.

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Thank you for this one. now i understand how SSH to be fixed

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[@codewithsusan]

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[@ClashRoyale-pt9zj]

thanks a lot!!! i was with trouble cause of custom name: i hadn't had a config file on my .ssh dir on windows with "IdentityFile [path-to-private-key]". THANK YOU

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[@codewithsusan]

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My problem was not having a username in front of the machine I wanted to connect to (RPI) as I had changed the SD card and the username was not the same. Probably would not have noticed that if I didn't see you entered username first. :D Thanks for the video!

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[@codewithsusan]

You're welcome!

[@Eggsec]

question, I was giving the RSA private key to login from work, could I ask you how to go abouts to connect? i've been googling this all day. Do i need to override my private key to the key i was giving? thank you.

[@codewithsusan]

In your case, you're not generating the keys on your computer, you're working with an existing key. To set this up, place the key they gave you in your computer's ~/.ssh directory. You can name this file whatever you want, but let's say for example you call it "my-work-key" (because it's a private key, we won't use an extension). Then, edit your SSH config file (~/.ssh/config) like I showed in the video adding the line referencing this key (IdentityFile ~/.ssh/my-work-key). Now when you attempt to SSH into your work server, it should attempt to authenticate with that key. If that doesn't work, let me know and I can help debug further.

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[@CaseyMcKean]

My ssh folder on my vm doesn't contain "authorized_keys" file but a "known_hosts" file, do these represent the same use?

[@codewithsusan]

Hi Casey - If you don't see an authorized_keys file there you can create it. The known_hosts file is different - that keeps track of what external hosts that system has connected to so that when you go to connect to those hosts again, it won't prompt you to approve the connection.

[@CaseyMcKean]

@@codewithsusan Thanks so much, this worked!

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[@codewithsusan]

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[@annahall2241]

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[@Spumilupi]

Not sure if this is still being followed or not but here it goes…. Would this problem be the same if I am getting a message that says “permission denied (publickey,password)”? I am only getting the message after trying a password three times (but it’s the password I’ve used for the past four months). It just seems to have stop being recognized.

[@codewithsusan]

If you're using passwords to log in, the SSH keys should be irrelevant. Odd that it had been previously working and just stopped. Do you have some alternative way to log into your server to troubleshoot (E.g. another member on your team that has access or via a dashboard from your server provider) ?