Having problem with console

Question

so i was wathcing this tutorial to make a website and stuff everything was going fine i was typing in all commands in the console and everything was working until i got to this command sudo nano /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dir.conf and i typed it in and i noticed that the “/” was a “?” and so i was like whatever ill type in so i typed in sudo nano ?etc?apache2?mods-enabled?dir.conf and i come to this page now its confusing…
Picture Link:http://prntscr.com/bko5m9
Any help is apprieciated.
Thank You!
Btw Im New to this!
Pls Help Me BYE!
Bye!

Answer 1

MichaelOjeda June 24, 2016

The console shouldn’t be your first choice for remote access. There are better options: for one, you can use putty, since you’re using windows. Best of all, you can copy and paste into your terminal. I’m not 100% sure why you couldn’t type “/”, but I have a feeling it’s because you’re on the console. You should always use a / when referring to a pathname, not a “?” . Here’s a link to putty http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

Reply Report

Firefox404 June 25, 2016

ye but now im stuck in this page
pic link: http://prntscr.com/bkp4df
and i dont now how to go out to my original file..
Reply Report
Firefox404 June 25, 2016

and.. i tried pasting in not working :/ add me on skype so you can help me more pls
skype: emelie.wille (Dexter) City pic pls add fast rlly want fast help!!!
Reply Report
- MichaelOjeda June 25, 2016
  
  I’m more than happy to help you, but I’m not going to skype you, man. Lol. Try hitting control and x (crtl+x), and then “n”, it’s nano’s command to exit the editor.
  
  Reply Report
  
  Firefox404 June 25, 2016
  
  i tried do ctrl+x nothing happened so i did ctrl+x+n at same time and just opened new tab.. help me more pls teamviewer or something man pls
  
  Reply Report
  
  MichaelOjeda June 25, 2016
  
  I doubt you did very much with the system while you were following the tutorial. I would do a hard reboot. Turn off the box manually, and just turn it back on. Your system should be fine, seeing how you just have a invalid file open.
  
  Reply Report
  
  Firefox404 June 25, 2016
  
  ye but how aim i going to do the command with the slashes (/) when i cant do them??? heres the tutorial im watching btw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkseXI32jy4
  
  commands i was typing in: - sudo apt-get update
  
  sudo apt-get install apache2
  
  sudo apt-get install mysql-server php5-mysql
  
  sudo mysqlinstalldb
  
  sudo mysqlsecureinstallation
  
  sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-mcrypt
  
  sudo nano /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dir.conf
  
  sudo service apache2 restart and you see sudo nano /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dir.conf has “/”
  
  Reply Report
  
  Firefox404 June 25, 2016
  
  ok so your solution worked but stil dont now how to do with the slashes??? help?!?!
  
  Reply Report
  
  MichaelOjeda June 25, 2016
  
  Use putty! Your life will be so much easier with it. I would follow this guide: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-log-into-a-vps-with-putty-windows-users . I’m assuming you’re just using password authentication to connect, and the user you are connecting to is root. To reiterate: USE PUTTY! or switch to linux (it’s what I did).
  
  How To Log Into a VPS with PuTTY (Windows Users)
  by Saleh Salem
  This tutorial will allow you to log Into a VPS with Putty (Windows Users).
  
  Reply Report
  
  Firefox404 June 25, 2016
  
  how to login with putty?
  
  Reply Report

Answer 2

Firefox404 June 25, 2016

ye but now im stuck in this page
pic link: http://prntscr.com/bkp4df
and i dont now how to go out to my original file..
Reply Report
Firefox404 June 25, 2016

and.. i tried pasting in not working :/ add me on skype so you can help me more pls
skype: emelie.wille (Dexter) City pic pls add fast rlly want fast help!!!
Reply Report
- MichaelOjeda June 25, 2016
  
  I’m more than happy to help you, but I’m not going to skype you, man. Lol. Try hitting control and x (crtl+x), and then “n”, it’s nano’s command to exit the editor.
  
  Reply Report
  
  Firefox404 June 25, 2016
  
  i tried do ctrl+x nothing happened so i did ctrl+x+n at same time and just opened new tab.. help me more pls teamviewer or something man pls
  
  Reply Report
  
  MichaelOjeda June 25, 2016
  
  I doubt you did very much with the system while you were following the tutorial. I would do a hard reboot. Turn off the box manually, and just turn it back on. Your system should be fine, seeing how you just have a invalid file open.
  
  Reply Report
  
  Firefox404 June 25, 2016
  
  ye but how aim i going to do the command with the slashes (/) when i cant do them??? heres the tutorial im watching btw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkseXI32jy4
  
  commands i was typing in: - sudo apt-get update
  
  sudo apt-get install apache2
  
  sudo apt-get install mysql-server php5-mysql
  
  sudo mysqlinstalldb
  
  sudo mysqlsecureinstallation
  
  sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-mcrypt
  
  sudo nano /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dir.conf
  
  sudo service apache2 restart and you see sudo nano /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dir.conf has “/”
  
  Reply Report
  
  Firefox404 June 25, 2016
  
  ok so your solution worked but stil dont now how to do with the slashes??? help?!?!
  
  Reply Report
  
  MichaelOjeda June 25, 2016
  
  Use putty! Your life will be so much easier with it. I would follow this guide: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-log-into-a-vps-with-putty-windows-users . I’m assuming you’re just using password authentication to connect, and the user you are connecting to is root. To reiterate: USE PUTTY! or switch to linux (it’s what I did).
  
  How To Log Into a VPS with PuTTY (Windows Users)
  by Saleh Salem
  This tutorial will allow you to log Into a VPS with Putty (Windows Users).
  
  Reply Report
  
  Firefox404 June 25, 2016
  
  how to login with putty?
  
  Reply Report

Related

Question

Having problem with console

Leave a comment

Looking for something else?

Sign up for our newsletter

Related

Question

Having problem with console

Leave a comment

Related

question

Cannot connect to droplet via sftp or SSH

question

Server Refused My Key :: Windows | Putty -> Digital Ocean

question

Multiple droplets on one domain

question

Every FTP account created in Vesta CP gets associated to /sbin/nologin and therefore won't work.

Looking for something else?