This tutorial assumes you have already downloaded PuTTY and located it on your desktop Now let’s learn how to open PuTTY, configure the server connection settings for SSH, and launch the command line 1) Double click the PuTTY icon to launch it This is the PuTTY default screen. This tutorial […]
This tutorial assumes you have already downloaded PuTTY and located its .exe 1) Double click the PuTTY icon to launch the application Now let’s learn how to create a log file of your session 2) Click Logging The logging settings are listed here on the right. Let’s demonstrate how to save a […]
This tutorial assumes you are using the Windows operating system, have already opened your favorite web browser and browsed to Google.com Now let’s learn how to download and install PuTTY 1) Type Download Putty in the Google search bar 2) Then click Google Search 3) Click Putty Download Page 4) You […]
This tutorial assumes you have already opened your Windows command line Now let’s learn how to clean up your Putty sessions from the Windows command line 1) Type the path to your Putty.exe here 2) Then type -cleanup here, then press <Enter> 3) Click Yes to clear your sessions That’s it! The […]
This tutorial assumes you have already opened your Windows command line Now let’s learn how to start a SSH session from the command line 1) Type the path to Putty.exe here 2) Then type the connection type you wish to use (i.e. -ssh, -telnet, -rlogin, -raw) 3) Type the username… […]
This tutorial assumes you have already opened PuTTY Now let’s learn how to change the character settings 1) Click Translation 2) Then click here to show the character set drop down 3) Now select the character set you’d like to use. Be sure your computer supports the character set 4) […]
Note: You do NOT need to generate/use keys to access your Site5 account via SSH. This tutorial will show you how to generate a public/private SSH key pair on a Windows operating system using PuttyGen (PuTTY Key Generator) and then install that on your Site5 account so you can use […]
If you are on a Windows-based computer, please check out this tutorial instead: 1. On your workstation (not your web hosting account), open a new terminal window. Mac: Go to Applications > Utilities > Terminal Linux: Depends heavily on which window manager you are using, but you should be able […]
Shell access, or SSH as its commonly referred to as, is remote command line access to a server. This allows you to run commands on our server without being physically present near the machine. Being able to run commands against your account can make moving and deleting large files/folders a breeze! There are thousands of help guides […]
