Question

Can anyone explain to me in layman what’s SSH (Secure Shell) in a shared hosting?

I know you can access the web hosting server remotely using a command line interface using an application like Putty. But does it give you have more access to the server or it’s another way of creating directories or uploading files and stuff like that? Or you can install extensions or do more advanced things?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Depends on the restriction the host sets, but it often lets you run command line utilities, often used for things like batch processing files, changing file permissions, etc.

In other words, SSH gives you access to do most things you’d be able to do if you were logged in to the machine locally (without root access).