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Logging in to a Dedicated Linux Server using Putty
You will need to use a separate tool in order to log in remotely to your server. We recommend using PuTTY (PuTTY website). You do not need to actually install PuTTY as it is a standalone executable, so to launch it simply double click the icon.
You
need to fill in the Host Name (or IP address) section for the machine
you want to connect to. For example, if you want to connect to
192.168.1.101, you would just type that IP address in the Host Name
field and press the Open button.
After pressing the Open button,
you will be greeted by a login screen, assuming the machine you are
trying to connect to is accepting incoming connections.
To login to Putty, you will first need to login as the Primary Site User Administrator, which is specified in your webcontrolcenter, (this will not be the root user), once you login as that user, you can switch to the root user by using the Substitute User command, type the below command, and hit enter:
su -
It will prompt you for the password, type the root password, which is whats specified in the Site User Admin unde the root user. To check what user you are logged in as, type "whoami" and hit enter
By default, Linux does not have a Graphical User Interface, but you can install one, just follow the article ID 1400
If you have any questions regarding PuTTY, please refer to the PuTTY website, http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty.Back to Results
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