Fixing Network/Firewall Lockouts
One of the most common reasons for losing access to a server is a misconfigured network setting or a firewall rule that accidentally blocks your own IP address. The Linux Rescue System allows you to bypass these issues, access your server's configuration files directly, and fix the problem.
Prerequisites: This entire process must be performed from the Linux Rescue System.
ā Full Guide: How to Start Rescue Mode
Step-by-Step Guide
After booting into rescue and connecting via SSH, you must mount your server's main partition to make its files accessible.
- Identify your main partition using
lsblk(e.g.,/dev/sda3or/dev/md2for RAID). - Mount the partition to the
/mntdirectory.
Mount Filesystem (Example)
# Replace /dev/sda3 with your actual partition
mount /dev/sda3 /mnt
Your server's entire filesystem is now accessible under the /mnt directory.