Secure Shell for Windows

This procedure describes how to SSH into your OpenELEC Media Center from your Windows computer.

SSH stands for Secure Shell. This is an encrypted command line session between you and your media center across your network. Much like a command prompt on Windows.

Requirements
Windows Operating system OpenELEC Media Center Home Network (wireless is fine too)

Warning
You will be running command's as the root user in a Unix environment. This is the highest level administration user. However unlike windows there is no "Are you sure?" prompts, it will just do it good or bad. Please be precise with your commands including spacing. Check things at least twice before you hit enter. You can scroll back through your command history using the up/down arrow keys and move freely around your command using the left/right arrow keys.

Instructions

 * 1) In your media center, navigate to System, then System Info. Note the IP address as you will need it.
 * 2) Go back to System, select OpenELEC then under services, look for SSH and remove the dot next to "Disable SSH password"
 * 3) Download a free SSH client http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty.zip
 * 4) Find where you downloaded it, right click to extract the files, then find and run Putty
 * 5) In the Host Name box type the IP address from above then click open
 * 6) The username is root and the password is openelec. These cannot be changed.
 * 7) Once you have logged in then run whatever commands you need.
 * 8) When you are finished use the command "exit" to disconnect
 * 9) Go back to your media center and put the dot back next to "Disable SSH password"