Error ‘Permission denied (publickey,password)’

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I am trying to connect to a local IP address via SSH from the terminal. The command is 

ssh -v user@192.168.0.2

But it is not connecting. It keeps giving me the error

"Permission denied (publickey,password)."

I have been searching for ages and just can't find what the issue is. I can connect using the same method via PuTTY on windows and can connect via FileZilla

Full output:

OpenSSH_6.2p2, OSSLShim 0.9.8r 8 Dec 2011
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh_config line 20: Applying options for *
debug1: Connecting to 192.168.0.2 [192.168.0.2] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file /Users/[UserName]/.ssh/id_rsa type 1
debug1: identity file /Users/UserName/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/UserName/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/UserName/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_6.2
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_6.0p1 Debian-4+deb7u2
debug1: match: OpenSSH_6.0p1 Debian-4+deb7u2 pat OpenSSH*
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug1: kex: server->client aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none
debug1: kex: client->server aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<1024<8192) sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY
debug1: Server host key: [Server Host Key]
debug1: Host '192.168.0.2' is known and matches the RSA host key.
debug1: Found key in /Users/[UserName]/.ssh/known_hosts:1
debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
debug1: Roaming not allowed by server
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password
debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
debug1: Offering RSA public key: /Users/[UserName]/.ssh/id_rsa
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password
debug1: Trying private key: /Users/[UserName]/.ssh/id_dsa
debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
Permission denied (publickey,password).

Best Answer

Try to add the key again.

First set PasswordAuthentication yes in file sshd_config at the destination machine, and then do ssh-copy-id user@host, log in, and then it will copy the key over.

Now you can set PasswordAuthentication no (if you want, for extra security), and you should be able to log in automatically.

You could also use your curiosity and check if id_rsa.pub from the source machine is in the authorized_keys file on the destination machine.

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