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I have problem accessing the root it says access denied. I already reset the password three time, but I still getting the same problem.

Posted on November 6, 2018

login as: root root@178.128.119.32’s password: Access denied root@178.128.119.32’s password: Access denied root@178.128.119.32’s password: Access denied root@178.128.119.32’s password:

I already try to destroy and create a new one but still the same.

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Steve van Deventer

November 6, 2018

I have teh same problem, but tell us how do you correct this ?

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November 6, 2018

Hey friend!

Try logging in using the web console instead of SSH. It sounds like password login is disabled in the SSH config.

Jarland

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Такая же проблема(

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