Question

I’m trying to ssh into the server. I enter my password (which is accepted) and then it takes me into this:

using username "####".
##hostname## password: ##This is correct
Last lgin: Sun Feb 10 11:47:27 2013 from ####
-bash-3.2$

How do I quit out of bash? I’ve tried logout and exit and both of them quit out of Putty. When I open Putty again and login it takes me right to -bash-3.2$ again. Thanks.

Answer 1

What you are seing is the prompt, meaning the way the server let’s you interconnect with it.

If you want to “navigate” through the server, you will have to use commands like cd (change directory), ls (list), cp (copy) and so on. Try for example to type pwd and you will see the current directory in which you are (pwd stands for print working directory).

There are millions of tutorials of this, google it to find someone. I for example found this one: http://www.gamexe.net/other/beginner-guide-ssh/