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Server rejected the key during the attempt to log in using Public Key authentication.

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • AFF/FAS systems

Issue

Creating the publickey for the admin user fails with the below error:

cluster1::*> security login publickey create -username admin -publickey "ssh-rsa ****** "
-comment *******
Error: command failed: Failed to generate fingerprint for the public key.

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