SSH Shell access

[jamesd116]

In stupid computer people terms can some one explain to me what this is and what its used for and why ID would be needed t access

I also know the phrase if you dont know what it is thn yo probably dont need it
Thanks for any help i can get

[Mazzic]

SSH stands for Secured Shell.

If your are from the linux/unix world you would probably not need an explaination on shells. So I will assume you work mainly with windows.

You can think of it as a DOS prompt but on the server. So from your house you are typing in the commands, but they are taking place on the bluehost server. From it you can do a dir command, copy files, delete files, make directories, and run programs.

The running the programs is probably the main reason people use SSH.

For instance, you might have code that copies log files at a specific time each day, or updates records in a database.

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as for why an ID is needed...

some of the bad (hackerish) things you can do on the internet with servers can only be done with command line tools and manual file editing. SSH would be the thing that gave someone this kind of access so it's a means to somewhat control or at least manage who has that kind of access to their account.

It is, in many cases, a situation just like you said --- if you don't know what it is you probably don't need it.

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[jamesd116]

Very good explanation now i atleast know what it is and i still dont dont need to have it heh heh