SSH access

[ayesh]

Hi,
any friend here can explain me how to connect to my hosting through SSH ?
I haven't used SSH yet and like to learn how to.

1.If my site is example.com , what is the host that I need to connect to.
2.Give me port/protocol information.


Thanks.

[haraprasad]

I guess it's example.com:2083 for SSH. use ur cpanel id/pass

[Livewire]

Cept if you're on anything but VPS - PaidShared it's enabled by request -only-, and on free hosting (the hosting the original poster is on), it's never enabled.

[ayesh]

I guess it's example.com:2083 for SSH. use ur cpanel id/pass

thanks for quick reply.

2083 is the port for cPanel.

If I use DirectAdmin(uses port 2222) , will the SSH port example.com:2222

[Livewire]

thanks for quick reply.

2083 is the port for cPanel.

If I use DirectAdmin(uses port 2222) , will the SSH port example.com:2222

SSH is disabled for free users; the other user was mistaken on whether it's allowed or not for Free users.


Edit: That said if you're on a VPS I know it sends the login info when you first signup :S

[ayesh]

Cept if you're on anything but VPS - PaidShared it's enabled by request -only-, and on free hosting (the hosting the original poster is on), it's never enabled.

if I'm on my own local machine (with XAMPP,etc) , what will be the host ?

Actually I need to learn and test SSH.
Any descriptive help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[Livewire]

If you're testing it locally the host is Localhost, although I'm not sure what the port is.

I'm not 100% sure XAMPP enables SSH support though - I can't get Google to tell me if it's included with XAMPP or if it's something extra you have to add in once XAMPP's running (an extra mod for apache at all). I'm still digging on that one; trying the XAMPP docs next.


Edit: Near as I can tell I can't find anything saying whether it's enabled or not on XAMPP, but what's odd is I cannot find any default login info in the xampp docs for SSH - my guess is Xampp doesn't come with SSH support or they'dve put the login stats up. You may need to look for a different SSH server app for experimenting with (I'm not aware of any free ones myself, but I haven't gone to look for them either so there's probably some out there).

[toyowheelin]

As far as I know the only way to get a working SSH setup on windows is to install it via cygwin, other than that there are windows ssh clients I know that but I don't know of any servers other than doing it with cygwin. http://www.cygwin.com/

[lemon-tree]

XAMPP has no built in SSH, it relies on the system having it pre-installed or the user installing it themselves. The SSH daemon also needs to be running and listening for connections.
To login with SSH, go into terminal or command prompt and type the following:

ssh USERNAME@SERVER_ADDRESS

It may then ask you if you wish to add the address to your trusted list, type 'y' to do so. You will then have to enter the user's password and then you'll be in.
SSH uses port 22, but you don't need to specify the port unless you have set it up to use something other than 22.

[dlukin]

Do some searching and find a free host that has SSH access. They will probably have 'negatives' that will not make it more attractive than x10hosting overall.
Open an account and do your experimenting there.
I use PuTTY as a local client.