Virtual Private Servers - Error in Securing your VPS by changing the SSH port help article
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Error in Securing your VPS by changing the SSH port help article

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Bruce S.
Erstellungsdatum 2026-01-05 00:12:19 (edited on 2026-01-12 14:22:10) in Virtual Private Servers

In this page is an error for Ubuntu 24.04

https://help.ovhcloud.com/csm/en-ca-vps-security-tips?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0047696

When you update the SSH port number to use, the final step is mentioned as:

sudo systemctl restart ssh.service

This is incorrect. You must use:

systemctl restart ssh-socket
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1 Antwort ( Latest reply on 2026-01-07 08:42:43 Von
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Hello @Bruce S. 

I have forwarded your comments to the relevant team, and the update has been successfully completed.

https://github.com/ovh/docs/pull/8880

Thank you for your productive feedback. 

Have a great day and enjoy browsing our forum.

^FabL
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