Shelling from admin to user accounts?

spikyman

• August 11, 2014 16:22

Hi, For reasons I don't entirely understand, our hired gun set us up with WHM, a cpanel reseller account, and then set up our site on a user account thereunder. That's not a problem except for this: I need to run a line command in that user account, but can't figure out how to get there from the reseller account via command line. I also can't shell directly into it. All passwords fail. (all accounts are set to 'normal shell' in WHM). ssh keys don't work in any account (via putty). The java shell in cpanel only works for the reseller account. In the other account, it loads but the password box fails to appear, and it's frozen otherwise. reseller and user have the same cpanel password. Any suggestions for line commands or getting user shell working would be appreciated. Thanks, Mark

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  24x7server

  • August 12, 2014 08:09

  What error are you getting with the SSH access ? you will have to use correct SSH port of your server.

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  cPanelMichael

  • August 12, 2014 12:43

  Hello :) Do you have root access to this server? If so, try accessing SSH as "root" and from that point you can access SSH as the individual user with a command such as: su $username
  You may need to consult with your hosting provider if you are unable to access SSH as "root". Thank you.

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