On 20-07-2020 08:55, terryc wrote:
> As per subject, an Devuan-ascii headless server has been(?) upgraded to
> Devuan-beowuff. After reboot I am unable to ssh to the server.
>
> It seems the old password option has now been disable and only a
> public-key option is available
> ..............................
>
> user@system: ssh remote-server
> user@system: Permission denied (publickey).
>
> ...........................................
> A problem is that non of the SSH installations have anything setup to
> use public keys.
>
> So even though I can generate public keys and disperse them, there is
> currently no way I know off to remotely access the remote server,
> except by *BRS, to fix ths problem(place keys in correct location).
>
> Hence my asking if there is any other way.
> *BRS = bigh red switch; drag out boxen(which is actually local), turn
> off, then plug in Kbd & screen.
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Actually i would plugin kbd & screen before pushing that big red switch.
Once logged in scp or sftp the public key from yourworkstation and move on.

Grtz

Nick