On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 11:10 AM Thomas Kupper <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On 20.01.2026 07:47, Washington Odhiambo wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 7:42 PM Martin Schröder <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Am Mo., 19. Jan. 2026 um 17:08 Uhr schrieb Washington Odhiambo > > <[email protected] <mailto:[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 <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 <https://imgur.com/a/1OnKWNQ> > > With pf disabled: What user are you trying to connect and are you using > a ssh key or password? Have you created an additional user when you > installed OpenBSD? > Yes. > When you installed OpenBSD, at one point the question is: > > -> Allow root ssh logging (yes, no, prohibit-password) [no] > I chose YES. > If you left it at 'no' you won't be able to login as root user. If you > selected 'prohibit-password', you won't be able to login with a > password, only with a key. > > Check /etc/ssh/sshd_config for "PermitRootLogin", or use the additional > user you created. > The issue is NOT about login failure. It's about port 22 appearing not to be open to accept connections. That's why I was focusing on PF. Otherwise, I have almost 30 years running Unix/Linux so addressing login failure would be the easiest thing to do. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 In an Internet failure case, the #1 suspect is a constant: DNS. "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :-) [How to ask smart questions: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html]
