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I am trying to use Putty to set up my vps

by mymoney5243
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I downloaded putty.exe

I enter my server address
username root
but when I get to adding the password I keep getting cut off

Can anyone tell me what is going on?

I really need to get this set up.

Thank You
#putty #set #vps
  • Profile picture of the author mywebwork
    A couple of things may be wrong here:

    1 - Did you verify you are using the correct protocol and port? Most hosts use SSH on port 22, you may want to confirm with yours.

    2 - You said you were using the "root" account. Most LINUX distributions won't let you log in remotely as root, rather you login with another account and SU when you need root privileges.

    Hope this is of some assistance. Happy Holidays!

    Bill
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  • Profile picture of the author IMmoneydeals
    What do you mean you get cut off at the password?

    In putty (and all Unix environments) when you type in a password, it will not show *s or any other letters. It accepts your input but won't display anything on the screen for security reasons. Correctly typing your password and hitting enter will work.

    It's possible, depending on your host, that you can't actually log in using a name and password. Some VPSs require you to use an RSA Keypair to login. Refer to your hosting provider documentation if you think this may be the case.
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