Telnet/SSH issue

Hello,

I'm new to Dreamhost. I'm currently using the free domain (mydomain.dreamhost.com) before I transfer over my real domain. I am having problems with SSH/Telnet.

With the default user that was setup for my account, I am unable to telnet/SSH in to the site. I recieve an access denied message. I enabled Telnet/SSH via the control panel area several days ago. I never received any form of email confirmation of this action from Dreamhost.

I set up a second user and gave it Telnet/SSH priveleges. I received email confirmation of this from Dreamhost. I AM able to Telnet/SSH into the server (Zuma) with this second account. I can change directories and eventually get to the directory for the temp/free domain. The problem is that once I'm there, I cannot chmod, rename files, etc. Permission denied.

Since the main account does not allow me to Telnet/SSH and the second account allows me to do that but does not let me do basis directory/file functions - how can I do things like 'chmod' on the temp/free domain and if I transfer me real domains will the problem exist for them too?

Thanks.

Lou

Hi Lou,

It seems like maybe the first setup didn't work, and the 2nd user is not in the same group as the 1st user, so can't change anything. You could probably mess with groups, etc., but I think I'd either start fresh, or ask support what went wrong with (and to fix) the 1st setup.

Regards,

BobS

Users are ftp users by default. Go to the Users => Users tab of the web panel and edit the user - change it to a shell user.

I feel like such an idiot...

When I signed up at Dreamhost, I chose a "username", which apparently is called "Web ID". When I added a user, I chose the same "username" as my Web ID (the k.i.s.s. theory). The User that was added was assigned a different random password by Dreamhost and did not match the password that I chose for my Web ID. I thought it was only for FTP usage.

You can probably guess the rest...

Whenever I tried and failed to Telnet/SSH, I was using the password for my Web ID and not for the User that I added later. I felt about 1 pixel high when I discovered the obvious, but thanks anyway for your help and thanks to Will's response which made the light go off in my noggin.

Now off I go for my brain surgery appointment....

Lou