ssh access

Hi,

I've setup an account for me to ssh to my webserver. I see the name of the server in my account status, but when I try to access it, the message says it doesn't exist.

I try "myhost@dreamhost.com" - is that right? I'm using a "dreamhosters" domain, if that makes any difference...

TIA...

if i understand you correctly,

if you are trying to SSH to your webserver, the username and password should be the FTP username and password who is controlling the domain.

Don't forget that it takes about 20 minutes for the change to take effect. If this is what's wrong, you'll authenticate properly but your session will close immediately.

Hang on, what are you using as your hostname for ssh again?

I'm using the hostname that is listed for my webserver under the my account page. I am using a "dreamhosters" domain, so I add that to the name - so myhost@fullyqualifieddreamhosters.com....

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I try "myhost@dreamhost.com" - is that right?

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No.

Try...

ssh username@yourdomain.com

or

ssh username@servername.dreamhost.com

Mark

ok, that make sense. I'm using putty, and the prompt is assuming my username is equal to my hostname, which, obviously won't work. I don't see anywhere in putty to configure a username.

Anyone run into this?

You don't put in your username in putty.

The address you fill in should just be your dreamhosters domain. So for instance: mousee.dreamhosters.com

Once you connect, the server will ask for your user/pass, which you can then enter

Right, but that's just it - it assumes the username of the server - I don't get asked for a username.

Got it! Need to embed the username in the host entry in putty.

Thanks! (I can use this in work now too!)

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Right, but that's just it - it assumes the username of the server - I don't get asked for a username.

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As Mousee said, in PuTTY just specify the name of the server (or your own domain name), then the first thing you will see after connection is the 'Login as:' prompt, enter your username here.

Mark

In PuTTY, you *can* put username@yourhost.dreamhosters.com as the servername, but strictly speaking, you should use yourhost.dreamhosters.com as your hostname and enter your username in the "Auto-login username" field of the Connection>>Data section of the configuration.

Why not just use domainname.com? It will ALWAYS point to the machine hosting that domain.

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Why not just use domainname.com? It will ALWAYS point to the machine hosting that domain.

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The original poster has a dreamhosters site, not a primary domain site. It could very well be that all dreamhosters subdomains are hosted on the same server, but that may not necessarily be true, right?

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It could very well be that all dreamhosters subdomains are hosted on the same server, but that may not necessarily be true, right?

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I believe dreamhosters.com sub-domains are hosted on whatever machine the controlling user resides on, the same as full domains.

I agree though that specifying the dreamhosters.com sub-domain is a better idea than specifying the actual dreamhost.com hostname where it is hosted, as this latter hostname may change if the user is moved to a new server in the future.

Mark