SOLVED Can't access root (whm/ssh)

[thesufi]

Hello,

I have one Linode server running on latest CloudLinux with latest cPanel.

I was doing some regular checkup on the WHM as root. And at the same time, I tried to login as root via ssh, using putty. But putty said "Login incorrect". So, I thought I put the password wrong. Tried one more time, and server blocked me, understandably. My IP was not whitelisted. So I could not access it anymore. Tried changing my IP. But interestingly, I can no longer login as root via WHM or SSH. I have tried from several different IPs, none works.

So, I shutdown the server and changed root password from linode settings. Then tried again, and still same problem!

I can login to non root cPanel accounts.

When I try to access: https://server.domain.com:2087 or 2083, using root, it says "The login is invalid.".
When I try to access root via SSH, it says "Access denied".
When I try to access the server using linode lish, it shows some message like this:
[ 1610.775396] Firewall: *TCP_IN Blocked* IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=f2:3c:91:7c:d2:87:04

Server is running fine, and I can access all websites properly.

Now, I am out of ideas of what to do!

 

[Infopro]

You might try this to see if it helps get you back in, assuming cPhulk is what has you locked out:
cPHulk Management on the Command Line - cPanel Knowledge Base - cPanel Documentation

 

[thesufi]

It was cPhulk. I was able to login from another IP, which was in cPhulk whitelist. And everything seems working fine.