I have a Ubuntu vm on Azure. I'm using Visual Studio Code running on Debian.
I can successfully SSH connect from my Debian terminal. However, with the same command line connecting to VM using Visual Studio Code, it gave me Permission denied (publickey)
error:
> [11:33:35.157] Log Level: 2
> [11:33:35.182] remote-ssh@0.84.0
> [11:33:35.201] linux x64
> [11:33:35.260] SSH Resolver called for "ssh-remote+7b22686f73744e616d65223a2232302e32352e3135362e313838222c2275736572223a22737368206a696e676875695f61745f636169706f227d", attempt 1
> [11:33:35.303] "remote.SSH.useLocalServer": true
> [11:33:35.305] "remote.SSH.path": undefined
> [11:33:35.305] "remote.SSH.configFile": undefined
> [11:33:35.305] "remote.SSH.useFlock": true
> [11:33:35.305] "remote.SSH.lockfilesInTmp": false
> [11:33:35.306] "remote.SSH.localServerDownload": auto
> [11:33:35.306] "remote.SSH.remoteServerListenOnSocket": false
> [11:33:35.306] "remote.SSH.showLoginTerminal": false
> [11:33:35.307] "remote.SSH.defaultExtensions": []
> [11:33:35.307] "remote.SSH.loglevel": 2
> [11:33:35.307] "remote.SSH.enableDynamicForwarding": true
> [11:33:35.307] "remote.SSH.enableRemoteCommand": false
> [11:33:35.308] "remote.SSH.serverPickPortsFromRange": {}
> [11:33:35.308] "remote.SSH.serverInstallPath": {}
> [11:33:35.363] SSH Resolver called for host: ssh @
> [11:33:35.363] Setting up SSH remote ""
> [11:33:35.388] Acquiring local install lock: /tmp/vscode-remote-ssh-66bf00c8-install.lock
> [11:33:35.396] Looking for existing server data file at /home//.config/Code/User/globalStorage/ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh/vscode-ssh-host-66bf00c8-3b889b090b5ad5793f524b5d1d39fda662b96a2a-0.84.0/data.json
> [11:33:35.408] Using commit id "3b889b090b5ad5793f524b5d1d39fda662b96a2a" and quality "stable" for server
> [11:33:35.423] Install and start server if needed
> [11:33:35.436] PATH: /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games
> [11:33:35.446] Checking ssh with "ssh -V"
> [11:33:35.617] > OpenSSH_8.4p1 Debian-5+deb11u1, OpenSSL 1.1.1n 15 Mar 2022
>
> [11:33:35.645] askpass server listening on /run/user/1000/vscode-ssh-askpass-f30e9f85fa23a0172b857a9abc9da3dc3e97a727.sock
> [11:33:35.646] Spawning local server with {"serverId":1,"ipcHandlePath":"/run/user/1000/vscode-ssh-askpass-8c03855ae692e0dd483e445bb5bc6ca5dc08d0c3.sock","sshCommand":"ssh","sshArgs":["-v","-T","-D","37803","-o","ConnectTimeout=60","ssh @"],"serverDataFolderName":".vscode-server","dataFilePath":"/home//.config/Code/User/globalStorage/ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh/vscode-ssh-host-66bf00c8-3b889b090b5ad5793f524b5d1d39fda662b96a2a-0.84.0/data.json"}
> [11:33:35.646] Local server env: {"SHELL":"/bin/bash","DISPLAY":":0","ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE":"1","SSH_ASKPASS":"/home//.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.84.0/out/local-server/askpass.sh","VSCODE_SSH_ASKPASS_NODE":"/usr/share/code/code","VSCODE_SSH_ASKPASS_EXTRA_ARGS":"--ms-enable-electron-run-as-node","VSCODE_SSH_ASKPASS_MAIN":"/home//.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.84.0/out/askpass-main.js","VSCODE_SSH_ASKPASS_HANDLE":"/run/user/1000/vscode-ssh-askpass-f30e9f85fa23a0172b857a9abc9da3dc3e97a727.sock"}
> [11:33:35.686] Spawned 721
> [11:33:36.215] Server delay-shutdown request failed: connect ENOENT /run/user/1000/vscode-ssh-askpass-8c03855ae692e0dd483e445bb5bc6ca5dc08d0c3.sock
> [11:33:36.252] > local-server-1> Spawned ssh, pid=731
> [11:33:36.273] stderr> OpenSSH_8.4p1 Debian-5+deb11u1, OpenSSL 1.1.1n 15 Mar 2022
> [11:33:36.640] stderr> debug1: Server host key: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 SHA256:91fCxAoajFxaMXdy2N8G5KgFKt4/JLbHwhglIlFrQyg
> [11:33:36.856] stderr> ssh @: Permission denied (publickey).
> [11:33:36.879] > local-server-1> ssh child died, shutting down
> [11:33:36.880] Local server exit: 0
> [11:33:36.881] Received install output: local-server-1> Spawned ssh, pid=731
> OpenSSH_8.4p1 Debian-5+deb11u1, OpenSSL 1.1.1n 15 Mar 2022
> debug1: Server host key: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 SHA256:91fCxAoajFxaMXdy2N8G5KgFKt4/JLbHwhglIlFrQyg
> ssh @: Permission denied (publickey).
> local-server-1> ssh child died, shutting down
>
> [11:33:36.910] Resolver error: Error: Permission denied (publickey).
> at Function.Create (/home//.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.84.0/out/extension.js:1:585222)
> at /home//.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.84.0/out/extension.js:1:583279
> at Object.t.handleInstallOutput (/home//.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.84.0/out/extension.js:1:583796)
> at Object.e [as tryInstallWithLocalServer] (/home//.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.84.0/out/extension.js:1:624373)
> at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)
> at async /home//.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.84.0/out/extension.js:1:643506
> at async Object.t.withShowDetailsEvent (/home//.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.84.0/out/extension.js:1:647224)
> at async /home//.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.84.0/out/extension.js:1:622845
> at async T (/home//.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.84.0/out/extension.js:1:619351)
> at async Object.t.resolveWithLocalServer (/home//.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.84.0/out/extension.js:1:622460)
> at async Object.t.resolve (/home//.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.84.0/out/extension.js:1:644834)
> at async /home//.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-0.84.0/out/extension.js:1:727082
> [11:33:36.933] ------
I'm really confused why it SSH works in terminal but not in VSC, with exactly the same command line?