I need to upload a modified cpanel skin to a server but don't know what command to use. Can anybody tell me how a file is uploaded from my local computer to the remote server, and what command should be used to unpack it at the server? I'm still new to SSH so I hope that someone will bear over with my ignorance and lend me a helping hand.

Thanks
John

You can use the FTP 'put' command;

do a search on google for more information;

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=FTP+commands

http://www.userlocal.com/helpbasic.php

Thanks for the links. I tried to log in as root but it will not accept the root password. This is the passwor I use to log in to WHM and via SSH. Do you know why this is happening with FTP?

John

Probably your ROOT user is not allowed to login to SSH.. Create another user, give it SSH access then add that user to the wheel group.. Next, login as that user to SSH.. su root, then root password.

If you want to transfer files securely, as you did ask to transfer fles via ssh and not ftp...

Use something called scp, a command would go as follows:

scp /local/path/to/file username@host.com:/remote/path/to/file

then enter your password when prompted to do so, and the transfer should go fine.

Come back if you have any more questions or problems.

Or just try rz -b for binary or rz -a for text files.
Offcourse your ssh client must support zmodem transfers...

Should regular user accounts that you make to host peoples web sites have Wheel access group?

Originally posted by infinityws
Should regular user accounts that you make to host peoples web sites have Wheel access group?

BIG NO

Hmmm...Well I create an account inside WHM and it added that user to the WHEEL group.

Maybe because it wasn't assigned a package?

This count was for me, so i'm not worried, but i'm worried about other accounts. Does PHP Manager assign accounts to WHEEL?

Thank you very much for all your input and help :)

John