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davidr1
Luminary
Jul 31, 2021
Solved

ssh: permission denied (publickey)

Hi, I tried to ssh into my 314, root@192.168.x.x I got a message saying, from memory, did I want to import the certificate (yes,no) Replied yes But now what happens is: ssh root@192.168.x.x roo...
  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Aug 01, 2021

    One thing you could try is deleting the known_hosts file in the pc.

     

    This is in c:\users\user-name\.ssh (which is a hidden folder).  You'll get the prompt on whether you want to trust the NAS again after you do this.

davidr1's avatar
davidr1
Luminary
Aug 01, 2021

Hi StephenB,

Yes - it is and was.

 

 

StephenB's avatar
StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Aug 01, 2021

One thing you could try is deleting the known_hosts file in the pc.

 

This is in c:\users\user-name\.ssh (which is a hidden folder).  You'll get the prompt on whether you want to trust the NAS again after you do this.

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    davidr1
    Luminary
    Aug 01, 2021

    That worked - thank you very much.

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