{"id":668,"date":"2021-07-23T12:35:12","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T12:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/how-to-access-the-command-line\/"},"modified":"2021-07-23T12:35:12","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T12:35:12","slug":"how-to-access-the-command-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/how-to-access-the-command-line\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Access the Command Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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Overview<\/h2>\n

While cPanel & WHM automates many server administration tasks, familiarity with the Linux command line (CLI) can prove useful for both WHM and cPanel users. This documentation describes how to access the command line.<\/p>\n

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Note:<\/div>\n
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  • cPanel & WHM requires the root<\/code> user to use BASH by default. System administrators can modify the shell for other users.<\/li>\n
  • In cPanel & WHM version 72 and later, you can use cPanel\u2019s Terminal<\/em> interface (cPanel >> Home >> Advanced >> Terminal<\/em>) or WHM\u2019s Terminal<\/em> interface (WHM >> Home >> Advanced >> Terminal<\/em>) to access the command line from within the interface.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    Access the command line<\/h2>\n

    To access your cPanel & WHM server from the command line, perform the
    \nfollowing steps:<\/p>\n

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    1. \n

      Use the correct method for your computer\u2019s operating system to open the CLI:<\/p>\n

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      • Microsoft Windows\u00ae<\/strong> \u2014 Open the Command Prompt program. To do this, click Start<\/em> and enter Command Prompt<\/code> in the Search<\/em> text box. Double-click Command Prompt<\/em> in the list that appears.<\/li>\n
      • macOS\u00ae<\/strong> \u2014 Open the Terminal program. To do this, click the Applications<\/em> icon in the dock, click the Utilities<\/em> icon, and then click the Terminal<\/em> icon.<\/li>\n
      • Ubuntu\u00ae<\/strong> \u2014 Open the Terminal program. To do this, press the Ctrl<\/code>, Alt<\/code>, and T<\/code> keys simultaneously.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
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        Your CLI program opens with access to the local computer. You must<\/strong> use SSH to access the cPanel & WHM server. To do this, enter the following command and press Enter:\n<\/p>\n

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        ssh username@hostname<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
        In this comment, username<\/code> is your account\u2019s username and hostname<\/code> is the server\u2019s hostname. For example, to log in as the root<\/code> user on the example.com<\/code> server, run the following command:<\/p>\n
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        ssh root@example.com<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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        The CLI prompts you for the account\u2019s password. Enter it and press Enter.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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        The CLI\u2019s display will appear similar to the following example:\n<\/p>\n
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        1\n<\/span>2\n<\/span>3\n<\/span>4\n<\/span>5\n<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/td>\n
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        Last login: Fri Feb  6<\/span> 12<\/span>:50:38 on ttys000\nMyComputer:~ myname$ ssh username@example.com\nPassword:\nLast login: Fri Feb  6<\/span> 12<\/span>:52:33 2015<\/span> from 10<\/span>.1.4.202\nusername@example [<\/span>~]<\/span>#<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
        You can now navigate the server\u2019s file system and run commands, within the limits of your account\u2019s permissions on the server.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        Note:<\/div>\n
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        If you receive an error message that appears similar to the following example, you may not have SSH privileges enabled on the server.<\/p>\n
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        ssh: connect to host example.com port 22<\/span>: Connection refused<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
        Overview While cPanel & WHM automates many server administration tasks, familiarity with the Linux command line (CLI) can prove useful for both WHM and cPanel users. This documentation describes how to access the command line. Note: cPanel & WHM requires the root user to use BASH by default. System administrators can modify the shell for …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}