In this era of business dominated by the web, having your own website is very important. Whether it is to support your business or just to fuel your passion for web development, you might need to login in or transfer files remotely to the server hosting your website. For this, File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is the most common option but if you want to ensure that the connection is protected, you can use another transfer protocol called Secure SHell protocol (SSH) which is encrypted to prevent any leakage of data or interception of the connection. Over time, PuTTY has become the most popular terminal emulator which supports a variety of protocols. While PuTTY is very versatile, it is only available on Windows and the users who’ve recently switched from Windows to Mac feel left out. So, if you’re a Mac user looking to utilize the power of SSH are disheartened by the unavailability of Putty for Mac, here are some of the PuTTY alternatives SSH clients for macOS that you can check out.PuTTY for Mac – Alternative SSH Clients in 2019 1. TerminalThe Terminal app is the default CLI that comes bundled with the Mac, and is a, in case you didn’t know.
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You can use the Terminal to SSH into a remote server, provided, obviously, that you have the valid login credentials. Here’s a short example of how you can use the Terminal to SSH into a web-server. I’m using my website’s hosting server for illustration purposes.
All you will need to do, is change the server name to your server and use your login credentials.1. Launch Terminal.2. Use the following command to connect to your web server using SSH:ssh -p 3. It is likely that Terminal shows you the following message:The authenticity of host 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx' can't be established.Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?Type Yesto continue.4.
You will be asked to enter the password to the server or (or control panel in case of shared hosting service). The password will not be shown, even using asterisks (.), so make sure you enter it correctly.
Installing XQuartz is sufficient to run PUTTY on MacOS. Once XQuartz is installed, launch the application. Right-click on the X icon and go to “Applications”.
Once you have entered the login password, hit Enter, and you will be connected via SSH. You can now run shell commands on your server.2. ITerm2iTerm2 is a Terminal replacement for Mac with a plethora of added features that the default Terminal app doesn’t offer.
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