: Connecting to my website without SSH I have seen tutorials and read on how to connect to my website using the shell and basically getting a SSH access to it. But the problem is, SSH access

@Connie744

You could check to see if telnet works. It's insecure, which is why no one should use it, but if that's all ya' got ... and that's what we all used back in the day.

I'd show you how to try it but it's been so long I don't remember how but first, just type telnet in a terminal on your computer to see if you have it installed on your computer.

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@Berryessa370

try ajaxterm or C99 shell (make sure the latter one is not backdoored thou)

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@Cooney921

You could attempt to use the exec() function in php, which will attempt to run the action inside the exec function. It would take a lot longer than SSH, and it might not work (hosts can disable it), but it's an option.

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@Fox8124981

Have you tried FTP/SFTP? SSH may be disabled, but if you had FTP, you can create directories and upload files. This could be labor intensive, but I've worked with software that did this. It had you upload (via FTP/SFTP) a CGI program. You then accessed this program via the browser. When you did that, the program initiated an installation. I thought it was clever at the time, but I remember fighting lots of permission issues with this. Good luck!

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@Kristi941

If SSH is turned off then you are probably using shared hosting. This means you can't install software on your server. If you want custom software on your server you either need to find a host that already supports it or get a dedicate server or VPS.

If you already have a dedicated server or VPS then you need to have them turn SSH on for you as there is no reason for it to be turned off. If they won't turn it on then you need to find a new host.

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