{"id":1681,"date":"2009-08-18T12:56:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-18T12:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/helpcentre\/?p=1681"},"modified":"2025-12-22T15:09:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T13:09:29","slug":"use-an-ssh-client","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/website\/use-an-ssh-client\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get and use an SSH client"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are using a Windows operating system you probably already have an <b>SSH<\/b> client. Just select Run from the Start Menu and type \u2018telnet\u2019 into the dialog box. If you don\u2019t like the standard Telnet client Microsoft provides we recommend downloading \u2018<a title=\"http:\/\/www.chiark.greenend.org.uk\/~sgtatham\/putty\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chiark.greenend.org.uk\/~sgtatham\/putty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Putty<\/a>\u201d (for SSH as well):<\/p>\n<p>NCSA SSH is available for both Macintosh and DOS. UNIX, of course, has SSH as a standard feature.<\/p>\n<p>SSH is disabled by default but can be activated on request, with a Basic hosting package and higher, at no charge.<\/p>\n<p>Once you are logged into the server, you can use UNIX commands to perform the actions needed. <wbr \/>SSH access is at a domain level and does not work for additional FTP users. Root access is not available and in turn, running commands that require root access will not work.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"plain":"If you are using a Windows operating system you probably already have an <b>SSH<\/b> client. Just select Run from the Start Menu and type \u2018telnet\u2019 into the dialog box. If you don\u2019t like the standard Telnet client Microsoft provides we recommend downloading \u2018<a title=\"http:\/\/www.chiark.greenend.org.uk\/~sgtatham\/putty\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chiark.greenend.org.uk\/~sgtatham\/putty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Putty<\/a>\u201d (for SSH as well):\r\n\r\nNCSA SSH is available for both Macintosh and DOS. UNIX, of course, has SSH as a standard feature.\r\n\r\nSSH is disabled by default but can be activated on request, with a Basic hosting package and higher, at no charge.\r\n\r\nOnce you are logged into the server, you can use UNIX commands to perform the actions needed. <wbr \/>SSH access is at a domain level and does not work for additional FTP users. 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