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Unable to access digital ocean after rebuild droplet ?
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Digital ocean publickey denied
Login to console using digital ocean's browser based shell, login using root and the new password generated,
and carry on with below steps
sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Change
UsePAM yes
IgnoreUserKnownHosts no
PasswordAuthentication no
To
UsePAM no
IgnoreUserKnownHosts no
PasswordAuthentication yes
Save and Reload SSH
sudo service ssh reload
If really needed login with password and revert back the changes
Save and Reload SSH
sudo service ssh reload
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