Once you get a shell account, you'll need to access the server with an SSH Client. If you're on Mac OS X or Linux, you'll most likely want to use OpenSSH, which comes with, or is available as a package, for both of those operating systems. If you're using Windows, a great SSH client for that OS is called PuTTY, which will be explained later also.

[edit] OpenSSH

In Mac OS X and Linux, you can use an SSH client called "openssh". The command to run it is like this:

ssh yourusername@unixpod.com

Fill in yourusername with your actual user name, then enter your account's password when the prompt appears. You're now logged into the server! Check out some of the tutorials on the main page for examples of what you can do now.

[edit] PuTTY

Add a new session with hostname "unixpod.com" and port 22. Leave the connection type as "SSH" and then save it as "unixpod."

To open the session, click "unixpod" from the list of saved sessions and click the "open" button, then proceed to log in with your credentials once the terminal opens.

[edit] External links

• PuTTY homepage