Special Notes on this Tutorial
For this tutorial to be applicable, you much have the Mac OS installed. This tutorial uses Mac OSX, but any version of
the Mac OS will work. Secondly, it assumes that you have SSH (Secure Shell) and/or
SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol) installed and running correctly.
Step One(A): Starting SSH
If you are trying to use SSH then continue reading Step One(A). if you're trying to use SFTP, then go to step One(B)
Now that that is out of the way we can begin. First, you will need to open a terminal. Once opened, you will need
to use the following command ssh -l username server_address (replacing username and server_address with
the information that pertains.) Then, once you start to connect, you will get be prompted for your password. Supply
it and hit enter. Next you will see a shell similar to the one you had before you started. This is because you are
now logged into a terminal on the host machine.
Step Two(B): Using SFTP
To use SFTP, it will of course, need to be installed on your computer. Once installed; to use it you will use the
command sftp username@server_address (Replacing username and server_address with the appropriate information.
and hit [Enter]. At this point you will be prompted for the password. Enter your password, and hit enter.
At this point you will see a shell on the terminal. To upload something with this program you will use the command
put filename (replacing filename with the filename to be uploaded.) you can retrieve files with
the get command. Other options are easily found with the help command.
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