Cannot SSH to Oracle Cloud Instance

Question

Goal: Trying to access Oracle Cloud Instance from Mac terminal.

SSH Command I am using:

ssh –i <private_key_file> username @ public ip address of instance

And it gives:

Error:  ssh: Could not resolve hostname ?\200\223i: 
        nodename nor servname provided, or not known

Any help would be appreciated.

VonC · Accepted Answer · 2021-02-20 02:05:42Z

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When you follow the tutorial which includes:

ssh –i <private_key_file> <username>@<public-ip-address>

Make sure you do not use the long – in –i, but type manually the regular minus '-'

A long dash has an octal escape sequence of \342\200\223, which could explain the \200\223 you see in your output.

answered Feb 20, 2021 at 2:05

VonC

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2 Comments

That throws me back to oct. 2008!

Thanks Von, I really appreciate your help.