

I have tried to turn off the firewall and open ports, but I can’t see what the problem would be. Ssh: connect to host m*****k. port 22: Operation timed out Ssh: connect to host m*****k. port 2222: Connection refused


Keeps giving errors (with and without the part) Now I’m hitting a wall when trying to connect to the host using ssh -p 2222 Which finally gave me the magic words I was looking for: pub file that allowed me to get past the PRIVATE KEY error I was facing using a Mac 10.8.5 Just FYI I spent a bunch of time hitting a wall on step 13 Arn’s post above detailing how to connect to my shared hosting shell via SSH on a Mac Open PuTTY, under Connection click SSH, then Auth.Enter the passphrase used to generate the SSH key in the Enter the passphrase to unlock the “id_dsa” key for conversion: field. On the next screen, scroll down to the Convert the “id_dsa” key to PPK format: section.Under Private Keys click View/Download next to the Private key you want to use.You will then see a message stating: The key “id_dsa.pub” has been authorized. You will see a message stating:” The key with the name “id_dsa” is currently “ not authorized” for use when connecting to this account.Click Authorize.Click Manage (under the Actions column) next to your new key. On the next screen, locate the key you just created under the Public Keys section.Login to the cPanel that you want to connect to using SSH.Once you have generated the SSH Key, it needs to be Authorized. Click Generate Key, then you will see a Key Generation Complete! message.
