SSH via Terminal.App on Mac

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Author: Tripp W Black

Created: 01/10/2013 at 01:41 PM

 

Category:
OS X Tips & Hints
General Mac Tips

Issue:
Want to do SSH (port 22) Terminal login to Linux/UNIX server from Mac Using the Terminal application that comes with Apple Mac OSX.

Instructions:

1. Open Terminal.App
(Applications --> Utilities (folder) --> Terminal )

2. At the command prompt type:
ssh -l myid 192.168.111.222

where myid is the account id (e.g. root)
where 192.168.111.222 is the IP address or FQDN of the server.

or the standard syntax:
ssh myid@192.168.111.222




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