Let me double check i guess. . Ok if the iptables should be enabled and as per iptables-github then i think iptables is not running. Atleast according to the ‘webmin’ its set to not start on boot. the ‘activate at boot’ in the webmin screen shows ‘no’ . also i have a minecraft running on 25566 and it works even though i didnt “i think…” reapply my old rules? but really id need some confirmation.
i think the active one is really /etc/iptables.up.rules ?
in my case its all behind a firewall anyways but still wanted to verify.
[quote]If you mean log into SSH, then root login should not work with a password, but will work with a RSA key.
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well by ssh. yes it allows. unless there was some prompt at the setup that i hit by mistake?
but /etc/ssh/sshd_config. shows
# $OpenBSD: sshd_config,v 1.103 2018/04/09 20:41:22 tj Exp $
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PermitRootLogin yes
mind u for me its convenient as i can sftp using root localy to update some things 
so I probably would have turned it on anyways. (or i did and totally forgot 