By MACboyet
Hi,
After editing sshd_config to enable remote login - I wasn’t able to log into SSH again. the bad thing was, I exited SSH so I can’t log into SSH again.
here’s the error OpenSSH_6.9p1, LibreSSL 2.1.7 debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 21: Applying options for * debug1: Connecting to [myIP] port 22. debug1: connect to address [myIP] port 22: Connection refused ssh: connect to host [myIP] port 22: Connection refused
Is there a solution to log in back to SSH? Should I log into console and then do anything?
Please help, thanks!
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Ok for those of you having problems like this - make sure the sshd_config file has no syntax errors. In my case, there was an additional(unwanted) space that I have to delete. Thanks!
If your root user has a password set you can log in via the console in the control panel. From there you should be able to edit sshd_config to revert your changes and restart the ssh service with
service ssh restart
Then you should be able to make an ssh connection again.
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