Using Telnet, cPanel, or another way to access your server's command panel

  • Setting up a test site and then locking it down following this:

    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Test_Driving_WordPress#Hiding_Your_WordPress_Test_Area

    I get stuck on the throw-away line:

    ‘Using Telnet, cPanel, or another way to access your server’s command panel, go to the directory specified as AuthUserFile.’

    I tried telnet but it didn’t seem to want me in the directory needed. I could get to the root but no further. I’m useless with telnet (used it 12 years ago 3 times I think).

    I can’t seem to find any way of running commands from my plesk interface and I don’t think its something Filezilla does. So how (in idiot’s steps) does one do this?

    Thanks,
    Niall
    piwiwiwi.co.nz

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  • Wow… I can’t believe that mentions telnet… 0_o

    Have you tried ssh? It is like telnet but with encryption. Telnet sends everything plaintext, including your password.

    You likely won’t be able to run Plesk commands over ssh or telnet. With telnet or ssh you get a system shell ( hopefully a Linux system shell ?? ) You will have to run system commands– ls, vi, cd, …

    FileZilla won’t run any commands at all, other than those needed for file transfer.

    If you can’t get shell access, you don’t actually need it. You can use something like this .htpasswd generator and upload the files to your site.

    Thread Starter NiallDarwin

    (@nialldarwin)

    Thanks for the reply. I have less idea about ssh than telnet so I’ll check out that password generator.
    Bit by bit I’ll get there ??

    ssh really just gets you connected. Once you are connected you have a system shell (Yay! command line!), which one you have depends on the OS, mostly. So you don’t really need to know ssh, you just need to know the OS’s command line. telnet is actually a much more complicated beast.

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