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Why Key Authorization is not working?

Why Is Key Authorization Not Working?


In case, after configuring the server and adding the global key to /root/.ssh/authorized_keys, why is it still asking for a password when attempting to log in?

Go through the following Troubleshooting steps:

(1) Check whether the PubKeyAuthentication is enabled on the sshd conf of the remote server.

(2) Confirm that the remote server is added with the remote username "root".

(3) Reset the fingerprint of the remote Server.

After resetting try to reset sshd and try to re-login to ezsh.

root@ubuntu:~# systemctl restart sshd

Check the latest SSH logs for any errors.

Run the following command to see which key types are enabled on the server.

root@ubuntu:~# sshd -T|grep -i key

pubkeyacceptedalgorithms [email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],ssh-ed25519,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,[email protected],[email protected],rsa-sha2-512,rsa-sha2-256

 Add ssh-rsa to sshd conf in the remote server. 

In Ubuntu 22, ssh-rsa is disabled by default, so you need to enter it manually..

root@ubuntu:~# echo "PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes ssh-rsa" >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Re-run the below command and confirm that ssh-rsa has been enabled.

root@ubuntu:~# sshd -T | grep -i key

pubkeyacceptedalgorithms [email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],ssh-ed25519,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,[email protected],[email protected],rsa-sha2-512,rsa-sha2-256,ssh-rsa


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