# No accepting ssh key

**URL:** https://forum.gitea.com/t/no-accepting-ssh-key/108
**Category:** Gitea Usages
**Created:** [October 27, 2017, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/no-accepting-ssh-key/108 "2017-10-27T13:09:13Z")
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### Author: ![malapradej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@malapradej](https://forum.gitea.com/u/malapradej)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2017, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/no-accepting-ssh-key/108/1 "2017-10-27T13:09:13Z")

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I’ve double checked that I am using and copying the right public (\*.key.pub) file to gitea. I get the error.

Sorry, we were not able to verify your SSH key: SSH is disabled

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### Author: ![lunny](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.gitea.com/lunny/32/4701_2.png) [@lunny](https://forum.gitea.com/u/lunny)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2017, 3:41am UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/no-accepting-ssh-key/108/2 "2017-10-29T03:41:05Z")

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Please check your custom/conf/app.ini to enable SSH.