# New VPS catch-22

**URL:** https://community.ovhcloud.com/t/new-vps-catch-22/22223
**Category:** Oldies but goldies
**Created:** [Mars 8, 2021, 8:07 UTC](https://community.ovhcloud.com/t/new-vps-catch-22/22223 "2021-03-08T20:07:23Z")
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### Author: ![ColinP3](https://community.ovhcloud.com/letter_avatar/colinp3/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@ColinP3](https://community.ovhcloud.com/u/ColinP3)
#### Post date: [Mars 8, 2021, 8:07 UTC](https://community.ovhcloud.com/t/new-vps-catch-22/22223/1 "2021-03-08T20:07:23Z")

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March 8, 2021  
  
Bought new VPS login.  
I am Unix literate. Retired server side programmer.  
Have had VPS at another host for nearly 10 years now.  
  
Ovh gave me an ssh login as arch@ipaddress, with a cryptic password.  
That login works. Sort of.  
  
But that user has no editor it its path. No vi or vim so nothing can be edited.  
sudo useradd worked, to create a new user, but visudo does not (visudo has no path to vi)  
sudo su - makes the terminal user become a root of sorts, but still no editor. So it is not a useful root status.  
  
Trying to login to an online user panel shows a form asking for name, phone number and postal code. But the form announces "invalid format" on (my) valid postal code. That amounts to catch-22 for me.  
  
I don't like online administration forms. I'd rather do everything from a bash shell. With vi. I'll use a form if I have to. But it has to let a person log in.  
  
How does this work?  
What should I do next?   
Or write one month off as a loss and go elsewhere?