"Permission denied, please try again", When Trying to Use Visual Studio Code to Connect to Digital Ocean Droplet

Question

I have a basic droplet set up that is password protected, have the Remote - SSH extension of VScode installed, and the config file should be right.

    # Read more about SSH config files: https://linux.die.net/man/5/ssh_config
Host root
    HostName 24.199.86.101
    User root

But I still get this response after putting in my password.

[05:41:51.305] Log Level: 2
[05:41:51.316] SSH Resolver called for "ssh-remote+root", attempt 1
[05:41:51.317] "remote.SSH.useLocalServer": false
[05:41:51.317] "remote.SSH.showLoginTerminal": false
[05:41:51.317] "remote.SSH.remotePlatform": {}
[05:41:51.317] "remote.SSH.path": undefined
[05:41:51.317] "remote.SSH.configFile": undefined
[05:41:51.317] "remote.SSH.useFlock": true
[05:41:51.317] "remote.SSH.lockfilesInTmp": false
[05:41:51.318] "remote.SSH.localServerDownload": auto
[05:41:51.318] "remote.SSH.remoteServerListenOnSocket": false
[05:41:51.318] "remote.SSH.showLoginTerminal": false
[05:41:51.318] "remote.SSH.defaultExtensions": []
[05:41:51.318] "remote.SSH.loglevel": 2
[05:41:51.318] "remote.SSH.enableDynamicForwarding": true
[05:41:51.318] "remote.SSH.enableRemoteCommand": false
[05:41:51.318] "remote.SSH.serverPickPortsFromRange": {}
[05:41:51.318] "remote.SSH.serverInstallPath": {}
[05:41:51.322] VS Code version: 1.77.3
[05:41:51.322] Remote-SSH version: remote-ssh@0.100.0
[05:41:51.322] win32 x64
[05:41:51.324] SSH Resolver called for host: root
[05:41:51.324] Setting up SSH remote "root"
[05:41:51.328] Using commit id "704ed70d4fd1c6bd6342c436f1ede30d1cff4710" and quality "stable" for server
[05:41:51.333] Install and start server if needed
[05:41:53.632] Checking ssh with "C:\Python311\Scripts\ssh.exe -V"
[05:41:53.634] Got error from ssh: spawn C:\Python311\Scripts\ssh.exe ENOENT
[05:41:53.635] Checking ssh with "C:\Python311\ssh.exe -V"
[05:41:53.636] Got error from ssh: spawn C:\Python311\ssh.exe ENOENT
[05:41:53.636] Checking ssh with "C:\WINDOWS\system32\ssh.exe -V"
[05:41:53.637] Got error from ssh: spawn C:\WINDOWS\system32\ssh.exe ENOENT
[05:41:53.638] Checking ssh with "C:\WINDOWS\ssh.exe -V"
[05:41:53.642] Got error from ssh: spawn C:\WINDOWS\ssh.exe ENOENT
[05:41:53.642] Checking ssh with "C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem\ssh.exe -V"
[05:41:53.643] Got error from ssh: spawn C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem\ssh.exe ENOENT
[05:41:53.643] Checking ssh with "C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\ssh.exe -V"
[05:41:53.645] Got error from ssh: spawn C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\ssh.exe ENOENT
[05:41:53.645] Checking ssh with "C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\ssh.exe -V"
[05:41:53.682] > OpenSSH_for_Windows_8.6p1, LibreSSL 3.4.3

[05:41:53.687] Remote command length: 6211/8192 characters
[05:41:53.687] Running script with connection command: "C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\ssh.exe" -T -D 52821 root powershell
[05:41:53.690] Terminal shell path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe
[05:41:54.097] > root@24.199.86.101's password:]0;C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe
[05:41:54.097] Got some output, clearing connection timeout
[05:41:54.098] Showing password prompt
[05:42:06.795] Got password response
[05:42:06.796] "install" wrote data to terminal: "********************"
[05:42:06.821] > 
[05:42:09.250] > Permission denied, please try again.
> root@24.199.86.101's password: 
[05:42:09.251] Showing password prompt
[05:42:57.896] Got password response
[05:42:57.897] "install" wrote data to terminal: "********************"
[05:42:57.897] > root@24.199.86.101's password:
> Permission denied, please try again.
> root@24.199.86.101's password:
> 
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> 
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> 
> 
[05:42:57.897] Showing password prompt
[05:43:20.165] Password dialog canceled
[05:43:20.166] "install" terminal command canceled
[05:43:20.166] > root@24.199.86.101's password:
> Permission denied, please try again.
> root@24.199.86.101's password:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> 
[05:43:20.167] Resolver error: Error: Connecting was canceled
    at m.Canceled (c:\Users\username\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.100.0\out\extension.js:1:584341)
    at c:\Users\username\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.100.0\out\extension.js:1:680869
[05:43:20.168] Showing password prompt
[05:43:20.174] ------




[05:43:21.802] Password dialog canceled
[05:43:21.802] "install" terminal command canceled
[05:43:21.802] > root@24.199.86.101's password:
> Permission denied, please try again.
> root@24.199.86.101's password:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
[05:43:21.803] Showing password prompt

I've double-checked that my password is right. I tried typing it in and using copy and paste to no change in result.

Answer 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lskn1Xr-q8E

I just followed this tutorial with 2 adjustments

1. Make sure to manually transfer all of the files your bot needs after he's done walking you through installations via the command line or it won't run.

2. Upgrade Node to its latest version.