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Subject: How do I SSH to server?

First and foremost, you will need to have putty. Please download it from here: http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty.exe

In putty, enter the main server IP in the hostname field and the port in the port field.

Then, you will need to know how your server is setup. Does it use SSH
keys or not? If it uses SSH keys then copy the private SSH key you have
generated from WHM to a file and in putty, browse to this file and put
it to Private key file for authentication

If you use password authentication then go to WHM, Main >>
Security >> Security Center >> SSH Password Auth Tweak and
enable password authentication

a. enter your sudo username and password

b. su - to root (command is: su - and it will prompt for password, enter your password)

Then you are now logged in to ssh

Please make sure to go to your WHM Main >> Security >>
Security Center >> SSH Password Auth Tweak and disable password
authentication after use. This is to prevent hackers from logging on to
your server using SSH.

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