Copy an account from another server with root access Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor In this article we’ll go over how you can copy an account from your previous host’s control panel onto your server with us. Or if you have multiple servers with us you can copy accounts between your servers this way. We’ll be going over the steps for transferring an account from a WHM / cPanel Read More >
How to Manage Files from within SSH Updated on August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle In our previous articles, we showed you how to login via ssh and also how to navigate through your folders via ssh. In this article, we’ll show you how to manage your files from within the command line (ssh). When referring to managing your files, we are referring to common tasks such as: creating folders Read More >
How to Change Directories using SSH Commands Updated on January 30, 2025 by InMotion Hosting Contributor In our previous article, we showed you how to login to your server via SSH. If you’re following along our tutorial, the next item to learn is how to navigate around the file system and change the directory you are working in. This is the same whether you are connecting from a VPS, Dedicated server Read More >
How to Connect to Your Server with SSH Updated on November 7, 2025 by Brad Markle In this tutorial, we’re going to be using PuTTY to connect to your Managed VPS, Cloud or Dedicated Server via SSH. For Windows users without an SSH client, we recommend you download PuTTY or enable OpenSSH. Shared server users, please see SSH Access for Resellers and Shared Servers. Requirements for using SSH to login to Read More >
What is Shell (SSH) Access? Updated on November 27, 2023 by InMotion Hosting Contributor Shell access, commonly referred to as SSH (Secure SHell), is remote command line access to a server. Having command line access (if you’re familiar with using it) can be very helpful. It can not only help you speed up certain tasks, but it also can give you access to do certain things that you cannot Read More >
Do you provide SSH access? Updated on November 27, 2023 by InMotion Hosting Contributor SSH Access is available to our VPS Hosting, Dedicated Server Hosting, Shared Hosting, and Reseller Hosting users. How can I get Shell Access? VPS/Dedicated Shell Access There are a few requirements for using SSH with your VPS or Dedicated Server. For standard SSH, you can log in using your cPanel username and password. For root Read More >