Lost SSH Key, is it possible to log in via some other method now?

Posted by Daniel Hai on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Daniel Hai
Published on 2012-06-21T19:44:12Z Indexed on 2012/06/21 21:17 UTC
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So I happened to do the cardinal sin of administration. I changed the openssh settings, and accidently closed that terminal before I could test it, and of course, now I'm completely locked out. I was using password-less private key authentication. Am I completely screwed out of my server? This is a VPS system -- is there a way where I could have someone at the datacenter log in locally and redo the ssh settings?

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