I have found a good hosting package, it has almost everything you could want , except shell access and telnet.

Does anyone consifer shell access and telnet to be important enough to look for another host?

Some info would help me out, many thanks

i wouldn't consider a host who does not have telnet or ssh as part of the plan as i play around with mysql a lot and like to manually change file permissions etc.

if you're not computer literate you will probably never need telnet or shell access...

do u think you'll actually need telnet access or do u just wnat to know should you have it?

many hosts do not allow telnet/ssh to a web server as its not really a big requirement.

think about it, you have ftp access to the site and this allows you to upload ANY files to your site and modify them whenever you want.

I dont really see many reasons to use telnet/ssh on a server unless you wish to install any software on the server.

im not 100% sure but can anybody else think of a reason to use telnet/ssh to a server that is simply hosting your domain name?

cheers :)

try asking the host if they will give you telnet accessm they probably will if you are wanting it for legitimate reasons.

Originally posted by xtstrike
im not 100% sure but can anybody else think of a reason to use telnet/ssh to a server that is simply hosting your domain name?

:) top, uptime, ls for looking how much accounts are on the server :)

there are many reasons you would want telnet access.


you can use it to dump your mysql database

you can use it to tar up your files.

you can use it to transfer files to your new server from your old server quickly

thats just a couple of reasons but they are more.

And if you have telnet/ssh, then you can prob. also setup cron jobs. We use cron to backup our databases and run other system utilities.

Frank

Telnet help to discover why cgi script don't work, like missing perl libraries.
Telnet let you compile c program on your site.
Telnet let you find path of program when your hosting provider have little docs or don't tell you.

It's certainly a handy thing to have. Some hosts don't like to advertise it as a feature, but will give it to you if you ask.

Can't imagine not offering it. We use it all the time to debug customer scripts.