How To Enable and Use Shell Access

[babarali124]

How To Enable and Use Shell Access ??

Can anyone help me with this plz ??

babarali124 Reviewed by babarali124 on 29th Jun 2010. How To Enable and Use Shell Access How To Enable and Use Shell Access ?? Can anyone help me with this plz ?? Rating: 5

[computerf58]

why do you have a VPS or a Dedi

And what do u need ssh access for

[babarali124]

vps ... i wanted to install rar unrar fuction .. can u help plz ...

[BlaZe]

Shell Access is enabled by default.

Just download PuTTY and enter your VPS IP and login with your ID & Password.

Simple

[babarali124]

sir i downloaded putty placed ip of the server selected ssh .. i Dos window came asked for user .. i entered my username which i use for cpanel then asked for password and i couldnt type anything .. it wasnt showing me .. i thought it might be for security reasons so i typed my password and pressed enter but it gave me a error saying access denied ... plz help

[Mac]

Use the username "root" and the server's root user password. If you don't know it, change it from your provider's VPS panel (the thing from where you reload the OS, for example).

[BlaZe]

You are almost there.

I doubt that your cpanel ID will be your shell access ID, but by default the login ID is root.
Yes you are correct. The password doesn't show up due to security reasons.
Do one thing, copy your password and right click on the putty terminal window (during password entering time). It'll be pasted then.

Try it and tell.

Ohh btw, your cPanel & SSH passwords aren't same if you haven't set them as same.

So, you might have received the root login for your VPS when you bought it.

[babarali124]

tried root too ... but same ... bro i cannot type in password field

Sir i tried copy pasting the cpanel password but access denied .. i didnt get password for ssh .. can u please guide me how can i generate or get password .. cauz i cant wait for support to reply they take much time...

[babarali124]

still waiting for help

[jayfella]

you CAN type in the password field, it just does not show you the characters.

Your VPS provider should have given you the root details upon purchase.