Author Archives: Hasan Ali

XonHost uses key-based SSH authentication instead of plain username & password. The SSH port on XonHost’s servers is also 18765 instead of the default port 22. To connect via SSH, follow these steps: First you will need to generate an SSH key … Continued

Both SSH and Telnet are supported on all of XonHost  hosting servers. In case you need to access your hosting account via SSH please check this SSH Tutorial.

XonHost  provides SSH access for all hosting plans. Root SSH access, however is offered only on our Dedicated servers (without the Geeky features and Performance Booster). To make SSH access as secure as possible, XonHost has made additional tweaks such as changing the default … Continued

A symbolic link (known as soft link or symlink), is a special file that points to another file, similar to a shortcut in Windows or a Mac OS alias. Symbolic links do not contain the data in the target file … Continued

You can generate an SSH key on Windows using the PuTTY SSH client. You can download PuTTY for free from this URL. To generate a key with PuTTY, you should: Download and start the puttygen.exe generator. In the “Parameters” section choose SSH2 DSA and press Generate. Move your mouse … Continued

onuses key-based authentication for SSH. This has proven more secure over standard username/password authentication. More information on SSH keys can be found here. You can generate an SSH key pair directly in cPanel, or you can generate the keys yourself and … Continued

PuTTY is a popular choice for a Windows SSH client. It is reliable, easy to use and free (open source). In this article we will describe a very basic PuTTY usage for larger audience. If you are a XonHost customer, … Continued

XonHost uses key pairs for SSH authentication purposes, as opposed to plain username and password. More information on SSH keys is available here. You can generate an SSH key pair in Mac OS following these steps: Open up the Terminal by … Continued

SSH (Secure Shell) is a network protocol that allows secure remote access over an encrypted connection. Through an SSH connection you can easily manage your files and folders, modify their permissions, edit files directly on the server, etc. SSH provides … Continued

XonHost uses key-based SSH authentication instead of plain username & password. The SSH port on XonHost’s servers is also 18765 instead of the default port 22. To connect to your XonHost shared hosting account via SSH in Linux, please follow these steps: … Continued