SSH Manager question/

[zenon80983]

I tried to see what SSH was in the manager witch was all that was there but it told me this.

SSH access to your account is currently disabled.

why is this disabled and can it be enabled for me?

 

[descalzo]

SSH is disabled for all free accounts. No exceptions will be made.

 

[zenon80983]

Oh ok. This makes sense. what is SSH for?

 

[Livewire]

SSH is, in a nutshell, command line on the server itself. On free, with the abuse we see, it's simply too high a risk to allow users to use it, especially with the amount of damage that could be caused both intentionally and by accident.

 

[zenon80983]

So what your saying is you guys dont enable SSH for free accounts because of the abuse and damage to the host that could be done?

 

[Livewire]

I'm sure measures could be taken to prevent abuse/damage via ssh, but from my understanding at least that's why it's disabled entirely. Rather than risk someone doing damage to the server, it's off completely.

 

[zenon80983]

OK that makes sense to me.