202019-01-30 20:47:49SrikanthSastryUpdated the doc based on recreating bash profile from https://bugzilla.hcoop.net/show_bug.cgi?id=1297192018-12-16 12:28:48KevinEveretsUpdate now that ssh.hcoop.net has moved to marsh on debian stretch182015-01-01 22:38:49ClintonEbadi172015-01-01 22:37:44ClintonEbadiremoved noise around bog host key and also crrect lies about bog (wheezy!)162015-01-01 22:35:29ClintonEbadiadd the host key fingerprint for bog. May need to go on a static page ... Relying on paranoid members to be paranoid and check the revision history for now :)152013-07-20 05:32:37ClintonEbadialso note how to change your password and further condense information142013-07-20 05:23:29ClintonEbadiremove mire and pointless info about uname etc. reorganize, try to make it sensible for someone who has no idea what ssh is132013-01-13 18:05:42ClintonEbadiupdate / cat122013-01-03 07:35:04ClintonEbadimention bog112009-12-19 13:58:13AdamChlipalaMoved MichaelShynaer102008-12-03 07:03:30MichaelOlsonhttps, not http, in ssh service92008-07-07 04:28:15localhostconverted to 1.6 markup82008-04-30 14:50:30AdamChlipalamire -> ssh72008-04-20 23:42:21DavorOcelic62008-04-20 23:38:18DavorOcelic52008-02-20 18:54:51MichaelOlson42008-01-06 00:18:42netblock-68-183-198-50.dslextreme.com32008-01-01 03:30:37MichaelOlson22007-11-12 04:46:33RyanMikulovskyfix a section header, put mire first since that's the log-in server that they need to notice first12007-11-12 04:39:00MichaelOlsonInitial contentsThis is the chapter of the MemberManual that describes how to log in to our machines, and provides a brief explanation of what our machines do.

Only ssh.hcoop.net is accessible to members. To login, use SSH where username Your HCoop username host ssh.hcoop.net host key fingerprint SHA256:4vDl4BNz1wtClbMmdmheQffrkzQZsMEInGpdTFCEKlI. You may also use MitKerberos for /PasswordlessLogin. The current shell machine is marsh, and is running Debian GNU/Linux Stretch. Further information about our servers is on the Hardware page.

Open a shell and run:

If you use Windows and are unfamiliar with SSH, you will most likely want to install Putty, a popular and FreeSoftware SSH client. See the putty getting started guide for more information.

We have some security restrictions in place on the shell servers designed to thwart would-be attackers. Basic http, irc to trusted networks, etc. work by default, and we liberally grant requests for additional network permissions (See FirewallRules).

Our shell server is running a basic installation of Debian Stretch. You may find that all of the software you need is already installed, but if not you may request installation of packages available in stretch and stretch-backports. Software not provided by Debian may be manually installed somewhere like ~/local/ in your home directory.

Not sure this belongs here, but this document seems like the place where a member might want to know how to change their password? On your first login, and thereafter on some regular basis (quarterly is generally alright), you should change your password. To do this, login to the shell server and run It will prompt for your current password and your new password twice. (We use kpasswd instead of the standard UNIX passwd because of an unfortunate interaction between MitKerberos and Debian's default PAM configuration).

If you wish to change your login shell, then create a symlink called ~/.loginshell whose target is your shell of choice. Here is one example:

If you wish to change your bash profile, the template file is called /etc/skel/.profile, which should be on any accessible member machine. This directory is where the default files are kept, and they are copied to each user's home directory when user is created. Our file is just a stock/basic version with no HCoop-specific customizations. CategoryNeedsWork CategoryMemberManual