Cant get in to SSH , helP!

[jonaofarc]

Ive been trying to user mac osx terminal to talk to my server and I havent had any luck either it says connection refused or invalid password...

now iam confused, is the username and password to connect to SSH the same as the FTP user and pass.

Can anyone tell me where I would go to set up a SSH user and pass so I can use the osx terminal to manage my server.

[GNU-Fan]

Hello,

the credentials for the FTP account and for the shell account are most certainly not the same.

FTP authorization is usually done with unencrypted data, making it much more vulnerable to eavesdropping. The purpose of SSH is to encrypt the communication when you talk to the server

So it would be pointless to use the same password for both areas as the FTP password is much more likely to get stolen.

[jonaofarc]

Ive looked everywhere in cpanel, you can create keys but I have no idea how to use them can you help me?