Need help with SSH.

[AvidCat]

I need to use SSH. What program do you use to access your site with SSH?

[darksidepuffin]

There are several..the most popular windows one would be putty... :

http://www.putty.nl/download.html

[AvidCat]

I just downloaded putty, when I ran the program and entered my username and password the black screen disappeared. Do you know why this happened?

[darksidepuffin]

When you launch putty...do the following:

1. In hostname(ip address) type the ip address of your host
2. under protocol, select "ssh"
3. when prompted, enter your username
4. when prompted, enter your password


If the "black screen" appears after you've done those, there should be a command prompt(similar to the dos prompt in windows) -- this is where you type your commands.

[ScottishWallet]

I use SSH Secure Shell Client.

http://www.ssh.com/support/downloads/secureshellwks/

[nox-Hand]

it all depends on what you want to do, I guess. If you wish to access an SSH server to get it's files on a Windows PC, I'd use WinSCP (http://winscp.net/eng/index.php)

If in Linux, I just use command line. If in Windows, and you wish to control a Linux PC, I'd use PuTTY.

nox-Hand