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Loss of console in Ubuntu 20.04.2.0 LTS server

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Booted server for first time and received a working and updating console. I entered login command to log into a root user to make some modifications. I logged off this user and console responded with Login: I rebooted the system thinking nothing of the Login prompt but now the console runs through its normal start up and then ends with the same Login prompt and the running console no longer appears. I have tried various combinations of CTL + ALT + F1 through F9, ESC and all but throwing keyboard against wall but still the Login prompt remains and I can not get back to a normal running console. Further I tried a remote SSH login to the server but get no response other than ^C [Process completed] (an unresponsive terminal screen other than the above response to CTL + C.)

What should I do to get the system console back?

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cn flag
"*I entered login command to log into a root user to make some modifications*" is confusing to us: Root login is disabled in Ubuntu unless you enabled it and set a password (or you chose Recovery Mode). A login prompt is normal and expected at the end of a boot, even on the TTY with all the console output, so that's also confusing to us.
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During the build of a server system one of the last queries is to create a sudo "root" able user. I chose the name "administrator". I disagree that a login prompt is normal as it never appeared in many other system builds that I did in my experimentation and learning curve with building Ubuntu server systems before I tried to build a "production" system on a small older desktop system as my next learning experience. I am trying to correct this issue as a learning experience before I give up and start the build all over again.
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cn flag
Please [edit your question](https://askubuntu.com/posts/1370807/edit) instead of appending comments. Comments are how we ask you for clarification and additional details. Usually folks call that user the *admin* user to prevent confusion. I have also installed many servers using the Ubuntu Server .iso, Ubuntu Core .img, and Ubuntu Base -- my experience is that an installed Ubuntu Server system boots (eventually) to a TTY login prompt, so I'm still confused by your description of a non-login Ubuntu Server system. I think we need more details about the install image and method that you used.
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