I'm looking at starting to teach myself to use SSH. Which clients would you recommend, why and are there any sites worth looking through to get started? Cheers guys
I would recommend Putty, that's what was recommended to me when I needed to start using it when I got my first VPS.
I use have PuTTY. I have to admit, even though I use Linux, I rarely ever use the CLI for anything. OK, OK, so I've always found it was easier to use a GUI than to take the time to learn how to use the CLI. But that will at least show how user-friendly Linux has become in the last few years. I'm like you, I would like to learn how to use SSH access.
MRemoteNG -> It's basically a wrapper around putty but offers many enhancements like ability to save passwords, tabbed interface, ability to duplicate connections etc... I manage several servers and can't live without it. URL is here -> mremoteng.org
Putty is the only way to go on Windows IMHO. Here is the author's site: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ If you happen to be using OS X or Linux, it's baked right in. Just pop open terminal and type ssh username@site.com or IP, it will then prompt you to accept the key and prompt for your password. Don't be alarmed when you don't see asterisks as you type the password. It's normal not to receive feedback just press enter when done typing. To log out and exit an ssh session in either putty or *nix terminal simply type exit
I use putty but if I am not doing commands I prefer to use winscp, I hate messing with directories in putty and prefer a GUI.
