Hi Alan, Yay, that has helped immensely, I have managed to get into the server and can see all the files using sftp. Brilliant. Its really helped because I have just noticed why something isnt working.
Amazing, agian you all have been really helpful. I hope I can ask more questions. @Sean.....I have added you to my AIM, hope that is ok. John. Alan Bell wrote: > Hi John, > ssh is a secure way of communicating with a remote server. At the most > basic level it is like having a terminal session on the remote computer, > you can use commands such as "cd" to change directory, "ls" to view the > contents of your current directory (same as "dir" in dos) "pwd" to print > your current working directory location. "nano index.html" to edit the > file called index.html in the current directory. > You can also pass other things over the secure tunnel. If you use "sftp > j...@remote.host.com" instead of "ssh j...@remote.host.com" then you get > a secure ftp-like session where you can put and get files to and from > the server. You can also do this graphically in Ubuntu by going to the > places menu then connect to server and select ssh from the dropdown. Put > in your details then you will be able to browse the remote server over > the ssh session and do pretty much anything on it as if it were local. > > Alan. > > John Matthews wrote: > >> Hi everybody, >> >> I am so sorry to ask this, but I was wondering if somebody would be >> willing to give me some help with ssh and commands for running a website >> via a terminal. >> >> I have been trying to learn from the websites, but I am not finding it >> easy. If somebody could just start by showing me some basic commands, to >> start off with, just so I can start, I would really appreciate it. >> >> Thank you >> >> John. >> >> >> > > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
