Mac + Terminal + Kayako

[Digital Mayhem]

I just got a new Apple MacBook Pro and well I haven't used a Apple computer since Elementary School so long long time. I am trying to SSH into our server using the built in Terminal

Applications > Utilities > Terminal

I found a help site online that says type this command

ssh -l yourusername serveraddress

well our server doesn't run on the standard ssh port I tried using

ssh -l yourusername serveraddresort

&

ssh -l yourusername serveraddress -port portnumber

&

ssh -l yourusername serveraddress -p portnumber

none of them seem to work.

I know alot of you server admins out there also use Macs so figured you guys should know

[craigbrass]

Try like ssh -help or ssh --help and it should tell you what to add for the port.

[Digital Mayhem]

ya it says

usage: ssh [-1246AaCfgkMNnqsTtVvXxY] [-b bind_address] [-c cipher_spec]
           [-D [bind_address:]port] [-e escape_char] [-F configfile]
           [-i identity_file] [-L [bind_address:]port:host:hostport]
           [-l login_name] [-m mac_spec] [-O ctl_cmd] [-o option] [-p port]
           [-R [bind_address:]port:host:hostport] [-S ctl_path]
           [-w local_tun[:remote_tun]] [user@]hostname [command]

[Chris Boulton]

ssh -p 22 user@localhost

Chris

[Digital Mayhem]

ya tried that didn't work

[rolandw]

Actually ssh requires a -p for the port and -l for the user then it works fine.

ssh -p 822 -l myusername machine.mydomain.com.

You have to have the port before the machine name or IP.

If you reguarly use the same non standard port for all ssh across all your machines then you ca easily set up your terminal to always use a different port for ssh. Look in ~/.ssh!

If you are on a Mac (like me) you might want to look at using iTerm instead of Terminal. This app lets you add bookmarks so it is easy to add a bookmark to your server. Makes it dead easy. http://iterm.sourceforge.net

[Digital Mayhem]

ya ssh -p 2382 -l myusername machine.mydomain.com. isn't working..... guess I'll just call AppleCare.

[rolandw]

I don't think that AppleCare will be coming up with an answer anytime soon - your MacBook won't start and they'll help, using Terminal and they won't.

I've just been playing with a couple of servers here - on a SLES 10 box, it seems to be fussy and wants ssh -l username -p portnum machine.mydomain.com but to other Macs and other Linux boxes it doesn't matter in which order you put -l or -p.

One other thing to check is your local Firewall. In the System Preferences, Sharing pane you probably have Remote Login ticked on the services tab (Apple's "user-friendly" name for ssh) but you might have the firewall running. If you have (see the firewall tab) then allowing Remote Login will only allow port 22 so you need to open up your own port 2382 by clicking on the "New" button.

I'll try AIMing you in the morning to see if you are still stuck.

[Digital Mayhem]

called AppleCare and got another rep who actually uses the Terminal his self so he was a help. I had to go to apple.com and download all the latest firmwares for my MacBook Pro and then it started working using

ssh -p PORT# username@domain.com


so all is working fine now...