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user11001
7y

Logged into the vm as root. Saw that there were some security updates pending. Ran apt-get upgrade. Lost all ssh access to the vm. FML

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  • 0
    7y
    Ubuntu or debian?
  • 0
    7y
    Ubuntu
  • 0
    7y
    Wait why? I do it all them time, my VM is always up to date and never lost SSH access, my VM is hosted on Vultr
  • 1
    7y
    Same here, it happened to me last month. I think in that update ssh port was upgraded, but this is not possible. Luckily I had recent backup so restored it and then changed the ssh port. Now it's fine :)
  • 2
    7y
    Managed to get into the console via digitalocean web admin. To be continued tonight!
  • 1
    7y
    Problem solved by purging openssh-server and reinstalling it. (via the web interface console).

    Phew. Disaster averted. At least this wasn't an rm -rf /
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