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BFTrick
02-02-2011, 03:19 PM
Hi There,

I don't know where else to put this, but I would like some help to connect to a server via SSH and then modify some stuff. I just want to modify the max upload file size so I contacted my hosting company and this is what they said:

The best way is to SSH into the server as the root user and edit the file named -

/etc/php.ini

..and search for this text -

upload_max_filesize

..and change the value from what it is now to your desired size and restart the web server via this command -

/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd restart

The problem is that I don't have any idea what SSH is. I did some googling but I am not getting the best results.

Any suggestions on the right software or some tutorials so that I can connect to the server, modify the necessary files, and restart without exploding the server?

skywalker2208
02-02-2011, 09:31 PM
Go to the applications/utilities directory and find and click the terminal application. Use the terminal application to ssh to the server you need to get to.

example:
ssh username@example.com