Locked myself out of root access

Question

I'm very new to owning a dedicated server. I'm learning and was configuring one I bought with OVH. I was configuring what I thought was other SHH users.

It was a sshd_config. I appended this to the very bottom of the file:

Port 24
PermitRootLogin no
AllowUsers zax

After that I logged off putty and WinSCP and attempted to log back into the servver. It was giving me denied access.

I know OVH is a budget provider, and I attempted to ask them support and they replied as the only option is to re-install the OS.

I'm totally fine with, because I didn't do much with the OS but I'd rather still want to make sure if theres any other option to get back into the OS. So my question is: Is there any other way to get back into the OS?

If it is the only option, what do I input into the following options to re-install an OS?

https://i.stack.imgur.com/tgOlw.png

It's a 64-bit Ubuntu Server.

Did you restart sshd? If not, ssh is going to accept connections on your previous port. — QuentinMoss, Feb 03 '13 at 13:22
If you restarted `sshd`, did you tell WinSCP/Putty to use port 24 in the first place? — Sven, Feb 03 '13 at 13:44

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 03 '13 at 14:51

OVH offers a Serial-over-LAN option you can use to login to your dedicated server as if you had a keyboard and monitor directly connected to it. Since this login does not go through SSH, you won't be constrained by the options you set.

OVH Serial-over-LAN Product Description

Locked myself out of root access

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