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Iptables

Locked out of SSH

N Network Critical

🔴 Error Message

Cannot SSH after applying iptables rules

📖 What This Means

SSH port was blocked by firewall rule.

🔧 Step-by-Step Fix

  1. Access via console/physical
  2. Flush all: iptables -F
  3. Always add SSH allow BEFORE default deny: iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT

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