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    Use ssh -v and/or ssh -vv to get more debugging output about what it's trying and what the server is telling it (and edit that in). Commented Dec 11, 2015 at 22:23
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    check the access mode on ~/.ssh @ftp-server. It must not be readable by group or others otherwise ssh would reject to use keys from authorized_keys Commented Dec 11, 2015 at 22:49
  • @MichaelHomer thanks, I will try that when I return to work on monday if checking the permissions doesn't work. Commented Dec 12, 2015 at 23:10
  • @Serge thank you for the suggestion. i did a little experiment to rule out permissions issues -- see my edit. Commented Dec 15, 2015 at 14:15
  • @MichaelHomer i've added my ssh version info. Commented Dec 15, 2015 at 14:15