How to Make Changes Directly on a Server

This article tells you the basics of connecting to a remote server over a service such as SSH (secure shell).


1. Download a terminal emulator. This is the program that you will use to connect to the remote server. If you are connecting to the remote server over SSH (secure shell), you will need to download a program like Putty, as Windows does not come with an SSH client by default.

2. Connect to the server.

3. Type in your user name and password.

4. This brings you to a Unix based terminal window, prompt.

5. Type "ls" to list the contents of that folder.

6. Access the file and make the changes and save.

7. If pico is installed, type pico name.txt this opens your file in pico. You can also use the 'vi' text editor, which is included in most *nix distributions.

8. Press CTRL + O to save your changes in Pico.

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