Why not post your new pf.conf?
show your sshd_config
tell us which IP address is assigned to
openbsd machine. Show interface with that IP.
Can you ping that IP from wherever you are trying to ssh?
Run tcpdump on interface and see if ssh traffic is
hitting it.
On Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at 04:47:46 PM GMT+9, Washington Odhiambo
<[email protected]> wrote:
On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 7:42 PM Martin Schröder <[email protected]> wrote:
Am Mo., 19. Jan. 2026 um 17:08 Uhr schrieb Washington Odhiambo
<[email protected]>:
> Thank you for the explanation. Very easy to understand.
> I did exactly what you advised. It still did not allow me SSH access.
> Now, I added pf=NO /etc/rc.conf.local and rebooted.
> I believe this disabled PF completely.
> This too did not solve the problem.
> I remember running OpenBSD7.4 under VMWare Workstation and life wasn't this
> difficult.
> See as I even have FreeBSD 15-RELEASE as a Proxmox VM and accessible, I am
> completely stumped with this issue around OpenBSD.
>
> TIt's affecting my sanity.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions on how else I can resolve this?
Start by reading the PF users guide.
http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/index.html
And trim down your pf.conf - start with a minimal config.
The point is, I am not even interested in PF in the first place. I just need
SSH access to work.The question is why it's not, even with PF disabled, yet
sshd is running.
See https://imgur.com/a/1OnKWNQ
I am able to access all the VMs/LXCs via SSH. It's only OpenBSD that's
inaccessible.
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