SSH Key
Problem solved:
Looks like there was a problem with my public key file. PuttyGen will create a public key file that looks like:
---- BEGIN SSH2 PUBLIC KEY ---- Comment: "rsa-key-20121022" AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAIEAhGF6GIuMY8FJ1+CNApnSY1N2YSlkYz72Yvwu a6N1nFpBklz1+dsIMg4rcTLcF34M/tW5Yz+NUDAw2AEbxQ32FPgw7sAOIXktkYOH tr7mmimiTjkoSCrJh1kqalPSpi8rglT/Bp67Ql2SZwvUFfMzHISryR0EZC4rXP/u vObrJe8= ---- END SSH2 PUBLIC KEY ----
Edit the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file.
Change PasswordAuthentication and ChallengeResponseAuthentication to yes.
3a. Restart ssh /etc/init.d/ssh restart.
OR
3b. better you use service sshd restart