ssh

[paul]

don't know when I'm ssh i can't login with a username e.g admin but it's using my macs username to login
how can i fix this so i can login with a username

 

[toddos]

That's how ssh on *nix-like OSes works (OS X is a *nix-based OS). If you don't specify a username in the format of "ssh user@target.host" where "target.host" is where you're trying to connect, it will attempt to connect as your current user. If the remote system doesn't have a username that matches, you obviously won't be able to log in. This is different than on Windows with a tool like PuTTy, where it will prompt you for a username rather than having to put it on the command line.

OS X ssh man page