Question
SSH timeout after Hostname change
Hello,
I have a mailserver running iRedmail - due to some issues with rDNS and ptr records, I was required to change the hostname.
I changed the following config files:
/etc/hosts
/etc/hostname
/etc/ssl/<redacted>
Since this change, I’ve been unable to SSH into the server - I’ve tried multiple points of entry, locally using Putty and from several remote VPSs, all fail with a connection timeout. An example of the timeout:
user@server:~$ ssh -v <user>@<FQDN> -p <port>
OpenSSH6.6.1, OpenSSL 1.0.1f 6 Jan 2014
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/sshconfig
debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: Applying options for *
debug1: Connecting to <redacted> port <port>.
debug1: connect to address <redacted> port <port> Connection timed out
ssh: connect to host <redacted> port <port>: Connection timed out
Putty shows almost identical logging output.
I’ve recursively grep’d for the old hostname:
sudo grep -Rio “<old_hostname>” /
Initially, this turned up some PKI entries, so I simply piped the output into sed -i. I’ve since checked and there are no more references to the old hostname anywhere, yet I still cannot connect. Of course, I’ve rebooted the server a number of times and ensured all available services are running - if I attempt to SSH into the default port (from which I’ve changed), I immediately get connection refused.
FYI: I can login via tty1 (console access).
Any help or advice would be appreciated
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I also might add: Web services, including iredadmin/, iredmail, apache etc are all functioning absolutely fine.