PuTTY - Resolve "Server unexpectedly closed network connection"

by
Jeremy Canfield |
Updated: September 19 2023
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This error appers when making an SSH connection to a server using PuTTY.
If the server is a Linux SSH server, the server may be configured to refuse connections using nologin. Sign into the server as root and check the nologin configuration.
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