How to enter username when using SSH with Terminal?

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How to enter username when using SSH with Terminal?

I'm trying to use SSH in Terminal but when I get to the part where I have to login, it only asks for my password & assumes the username on the Mac is also the username for the site. But it's not. How can I tell Terminal (or the remote server) that I want to enter the username as well as the password?

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Elllen

Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on May 6, 2008 2:55 PM

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Answer 1

V.K.

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May 6, 2008 3:02 PM in response to Elllen

you enter

*ssh username@serveraddress*

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Answer 2

Elllen Author

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May 6, 2008 4:16 PM in response to V.K.

V.K.,

Thanks so much for your answer. After trying that, when I entered my password, nothing showed up in Terminal & the server didn't accept that (empty) password. While I didn't expect the password itself to show up, I thought that at least I'd see the cursor move & "*"s or some other character substituting for the characters I entered. Do you know what I can do about that? Thanks again for replying so soon.

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Answer 3

V.K.

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May 6, 2008 4:21 PM in response to Elllen

You shouldn't see the password and the cursor is not supposed to move either. I can only assume that you've entered an incorrect password or there was a connection problem.

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Answer 4

Elllen Author

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May 7, 2008 9:36 AM in response to V.K.

V.K.,

It turns out that I have to use a different server when connecting with SSL than I normally use. I tried connecting again with the correct server & I was able to connect fine! Also, thanks very much for the info. about what should happen when entering passwords.

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Answer 5

V.K.

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May 7, 2008 9:38 AM in response to Elllen

you are welcome!
Thanks for the feedback.

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