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This 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.

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= Our Machines =

We have several machines.  Here are brief descriptions of each of the machines you can log into.

|| '''Hostname'''       || '''Machine name'''  || '''IP address'''|| '''Description'''                                ||
|| `ssh.hcoop.net`  || bog                 || 69.90.123.72    || Production shell server and custom daemons      ||

The current shell machine is [[ServerBog|bog]], and is running [[http://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/|Debian GNU/Linux Squeeze]].

For further details on our machines, including the machines that are not listed here, take a look at the [[Hardware]] page.

= Logging In =

Only `ssh.hcoop.net` is accessible to members. To login, use [[http://www.openssh.org/|SSH]] where

 username :: Your HCoop username
 host :: `ssh.hcoop.net`

You may also use Kerberos for [[/PasswordlessLogin]].

== GNU/Linux, OS X, BSD ==

Open a shell and run:

{{{
ssh USERNAME@ssh.hcoop.net
}}}

== Microsoft Windows ==

If you use Windows and are unfamiliar with SSH, you will most likely want to install [[http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html|Putty]], a popular and FreeSoftware SSH client. See the [[http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/0.62/htmldoc/Chapter2.html#gs|putty getting started guide]] for more information.

= Security Restrictions =

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).

= Installing Software =

Our shell server is running a basic installation of Debian Squeeze. You may find that all of the software you need is already installed, but if not you may [[https://members.hcoop.net/portal/apt|request installation of packages]] available in [[http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/|squeeze]] and [[http://packages.debian.org/squeeze-backports/|squeeze-backports]].

Software not provided by Debian may be manually installed somewhere like `~/local/` in your home directory.

= Tips =

== Changing the Default Shell ==

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:

{{{
ln -sf /bin/zsh ~/.loginshell
}}}

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