WrigleyF
2010-10-04, 11:45 AM
I know some web hosts provide shell access, but I'm not sure what it's best used for.
suwunk
2010-10-06, 12:00 AM
Secure Shell (SSH) access allows you to log in to your web hosting account and use UNIX/Linux command line instructions to administer your website. This allows you to compress/decompress files easily, automate backups and other tasks (cron), change file permissions for complete directory structures, it can transfer files using the associated SFTP or SCP protocols, etc.