I upgraded a system today from Ubuntu 9.10 to 10.04, everything was fine until I rebooted after the upgrade, since then I've been receiving SSH Connection Refused messages from putty. I presume a firewall or IPtable setting has been edited / set during the upgrade, but I'm unsure as to how to fix this issue as we're currently locked out.
Ubuntu – SSH Connection Refused after Ubuntu Server Upgrade
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Best Answer
If you're locked out, with no physical access, there's little you can do.
Can you remotely reboot it? Might be worth a try.
Are you using keys? The permissions may have changed, try using passwords if you can.
Can you use a different user?
All in all, if you have no access to the server you can't fix it. Get someone who does have physical access to go and have a look.