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Livius's avatar
Livius
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Jun 12, 2017

sshd_config restore?

Hi,   What are the options that I have if I accidentally locked myself out by editing sshd_config file? I am not able to connect via SSH, I get a connection closed error...   Restoring from a p...
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MvdG
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Jun 14, 2017

Hi,

 

Restoring an archive will not help. This restores the configuration of you BIG-IP. For example nodes, pools and virtual servers within a LTM configuration.

 

Have you tried to connect to the console and restore the sshd_config file from there?

 

Regards, Martijn.