minus-squareTablaste@linux.communityOPtolinuxmemes@lemmy.world•I didn't know you were supposed to disable root user...linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-28 months agoI published it to the internet and the next day, I couldn’t ssh into the server anymore with my user account and something was off. Tried root + password, also failed. Immediately facepalmed because the password was the generic 8 characters and there was no fail2ban to stop guessing. linkfedilink
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I published it to the internet and the next day, I couldn’t ssh into the server anymore with my user account and something was off.
Tried root + password, also failed.
Immediately facepalmed because the password was the generic 8 characters and there was no fail2ban to stop guessing.