Secure Shell Access (SSH)

[91004]

I apologize if this is in the forum somewhere however I have not been able to find it yet...

Today I signed up for a account on Hostgator and after I signed up realized there was one question that I need to know......

I did not see it listed, however since it is part of the CPANEL I am assuming that SSH is offered as well correct?

[Nutter]

Not unless you have a dedicated server. I don't think SSH and cPanel have anything to do with each other.

[JZ]

No, due to security reasons, shell access from cpanel or otherwise is disabled in a shared environment. There are very few tasks that actually require shell access, most things can be done through the file manager or other cpanel functions.

- Jay

[91004]

This is interesting though.. In the demo version of CPANEL on hostgator.com the java version pops up when you click on it......

[Nutter]

Honestly, SSH is one of the reasons I moved some sites to a different host. Well, that and HG doesn't do VPS. Sure, you can do pretty much everything through cPanel, file manager, and FTP; but once you know what you're doing SSH can be much faster.

But with the ones I have here, I'm glad they don't offer SSH. The impression I get is that SSH on a shared host can be dangerous.

[91004]

Yes, while it is in a shared environment SSH is the only way to go. I can download files so much faster with TAR, chmod files, insert mysql commands, etc alot faster through the prompt rather than through the control panel....

I wouldn't say that SSH is inherently dangerous in a web hosting environment if it is setup properly.

But I will give hostgator a try.... If it doesn't do what I would like I am just going to host my services somewhere else...... The reason that I am trying out hostgator is the fact that I have heard positive comments on the uptime... The last hosting company I was with (dzones.com) had alot of downtime, even though they stated that they had a 99.9% uptime, which I found hard to believe....