I cannot connect using the ssh root access
I cannot Login to my linode instances via ssh this is the error message am having "ssh_exchange_identification: read: Connection reset by peer"
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bbigger
Linode Staff
There could be several reasons for receiving this message, such as IP restrictions from firewall rules or accidental lockout from Fail2Ban, or permission settings for SSH files on your Linodes.
To help investigate the issue, you can always gain root access to your Linode using Lish. You can reset your root passwords too if necessary.
Once you've accessed your Linode, you can run tail -f /var/log/auth.log via Lish and examine its output while you attempt to SSH into your Linode normally with verbose output (for example, ssh -vvv user@host) to determine what is causing the problem.
You can find further troubleshooting suggestions in our SSH Troubleshooting guide.