2.5 Logging in for the first time

--- title: ' Logging in for the first time' taxonomy: category: - docs --- Go to your welcome email and find your username and password.

On Termux or WSL enter ssh username@domain. For example, the username sent to me was ubuntu and my domain is vdsbasic.xyz so my command is

ssh ubuntu@vdsbasic.xyz

If you get the message ssh command not found, install openssh

apt install openssh

As the first login. it will tell you the authenticity host can not be verified, Continue connecting (yes)

ssh ubuntu@yourserver.xyz
The authenticity of host 'yourserver.xyz (44.156.23.97)' can't be established.
ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:+g1ilXCbm......./wEOvzRG31EsTNP292IE52gfQBI.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added 'vdsbasic.xyz,44.156.23.97' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts.
Please login as the user "ubuntu" rather than the user "root".
ubuntu@vdsbasic.xyz's password: :
Welcome to Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.15.0-88-generic x86_64)

* Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com
* Management: https://landscape.canonical.com
* Support: https://ubuntu.com/advantage

System information as of Tue Jul 7 11:05:34 UTC 2020

System load: 0.0 Processes: 85
Usage of /: 13.9% of 9.52GB Users logged in: 0
Memory usage: 17% IP address for ens3: 44.156.23.97
Swap usage: 0%


124 packages can be updated.
75 updates are security updates.

ubuntu@vdsbasic:~$

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You are now on the command line of your new Linux machine. Next step is to create a sudo user and if you haven't used Linux before, learn the basic commands.