SSH password entered too many times Connection refused

Question

I tried connecting to my new installed Ubuntu 12 server via SSH and I was asked for my password. (I had used "myusername@ipadress" to connect)

After entering the right password a few times (with no luck; access denied) I started getting an error directly telling me that the connection was refused without asking me for a password anymore.

It seems like I have managed to blacklist myself. It has been like this for about 2 hours now, is there a quick solution for this?

Solution

If you haven't installed ssh-server yet, you need to install it by running:

sudo apt-get install openssh-Server,

You may also need to check if the default SSH Port 22 is open on your Router/Firewall. You may also need to change the default port under /etc/ssh/sshd_config.

Comments

[Achu]

How do you install the SSH Server?

[Achu]

Anyway, if you don't install ssh-server yet, install sudo apt-get install openssh-server, Ping the server, if your server is remote may be the ssh Port 22 blocked by your ISP or something. So, you should change the port number from 22 to something else editing /etc/ssh/sshd_config

[Ole Henrik Skogstrøm]

Aaaaahhh, *^*^¨'. Well i believed i told my server to install it during the initial installation of Ubuntu server. I ran the install command now and it installed. Logged in successfully now... So how do i end this post?

[Achu]

:) by accepting my answer. But don't delete your comment, it will help peoples who run the same situation :)

[Ole Henrik Skogstrøm]

Nice answer, it reminded me that i need to open port 22 in my router as well.

[Mike Castro Demaria]

Same problem after a fresh install Ubuntu 18 minimal client + Virtualmin. Ubuntu 18 minimal client nor Virtualmin are instaling sshd, only ssh client.

[Torsten Barthel]

@David Plesk is a well known UI config tool for webservers on Linux systems. I deleted Plesk anyway and stay with Terminal based configuration.