Question

I've been given this information (changed to protect the innocent):

Hostname: secret_server.homeserver.org
Port: 4033
Username: user
Password: $ecrectP#ras3
Protocol: scp

I don't have to have a nice GUI. What's the key to connecting to this server? I understand that SCP will copy files from a source directory to my target directory (both ways). How can I connect via SSH to this server so I can traverse the directories and find the files I need?

the following terminal command just times out:

ssh -p 4033 user@secret_server.homeserver.org

is it me or the server?

Answer 1

If the connection just times out, there may be some network problem. For example, some firewall blocks the connection.

Can you ping the server?

ping secret_server.homeserver.org

In addition, ssh connection may be blocked, and only file copying with scp is allowed.

Does it work if you use scp to copy files?

Answer 2

Protocol: scp

It's possible that they've enabled only scp, and that ssh remains disabled.

Answer 3

If you can't get in using ssh, sftp still might be an option. It's not a full shell but at least you can traverse directories, list files and transfer them.

sftp -oPort=4033 user@secret_server.homeserver.org:/path_to_destination/

Answer 4

scp -p 4033 file_to_copy user@secret_server.homeserver.org:/path_to_destination/