Ubuntu/Mint cannot login via ssh even after ssh-copy-id

By Tech Writer • July 11, 2016 • ssh

Solution: This may be caused by a directive in the /etc/ssh/ssh_config file. To allow login with RSA key you need to uncomment the line: # IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa to IdentityFile ~/.s

Solution: This may be caused by a directive in the /etc/ssh/ssh_config file. To allow login with RSA key you need to uncomment the line: # IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa to IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa Save the changed to ssh_config and try login again. To diagnose the issue you can try. ssh -vv user@hostname If you are having a key-exchange issue then your verbose error log will show This is solution is not mentioned on this site: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/36540/why-am-i-still-getting-a-password-prompt-with-ssh-with-public-key-authentication#36687

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