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| 2007-04-11 | 2008-02-12 | ||
| 4.0 username is optional (martin) | 4.0 port for ftp protocol (martin) | ||
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| The //Username// box is where you type your account name on the server. If you do not fill the username and it needs to be known to complete authentication (most cases), you will be [[ui_authenticate#username|prompted for username]] then. | The //Username// box is where you type your account name on the server. If you do not fill the username and it needs to be known to complete authentication (most cases), you will be [[ui_authenticate#username|prompted for username]] then. | ||
| - | The //Port number// box lets you specify which port number on the server to connect to. SSH protocol uses port number 22 by default. | + | The //Port number// box lets you specify which port number on the server to connect to. SSH protocol uses port number 22 by default. FTP protocol uses port number 21 by default. |
| The //Password// box is for the password associated with the account. You are advised not to fill it in if you are going to save the session to [[ui_login_stored_sessions|stored session list]] (you will be prompted with warning message if you attempt to). Also do not fill the password if you are going to use other [[ssh#authentication_in_ssh|authentication method]] (like public key). If you do not fill the password and other authentication methods fail (password has the lowest preference), you will be [[ui_authenticate#password|prompted for password]] then. Password storing can be [[administration|restricted by system administrator]]. | The //Password// box is for the password associated with the account. You are advised not to fill it in if you are going to save the session to [[ui_login_stored_sessions|stored session list]] (you will be prompted with warning message if you attempt to). Also do not fill the password if you are going to use other [[ssh#authentication_in_ssh|authentication method]] (like public key). If you do not fill the password and other authentication methods fail (password has the lowest preference), you will be [[ui_authenticate#password|prompted for password]] then. Password storing can be [[administration|restricted by system administrator]]. | ||