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| First of all, you have to be able to communicate in English. Maybe you already do, because you can read this :) | First of all, you have to be able to read and make yourself understood in English. Perfect English is not required, I'm not a native English speaker myself (as you might have noticed.) |
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| You also need a mail address. If you don't already have one, you can get one with the shell, talk to Independence. | You will need an email address. If you don't already have one, you can get one with the shell (talk to [:JohanMarcusson:Independence].) |
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| Lastly, you need some means of establising IRL-contact. The standard way of doing this is by recieving an SMS, but a postcard or something like that would also work if you don't have a cellphone. | You will also need some way of ensuring me you are a real person, not just an alias you use for hacking sites on the internet. This usually means you will either have to send/receive an SMS or making a small (0.01$) PayPal ("verified" account) transfer. |
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| == Getting an account == To get an account, you have to complete a rather long signup process. Not in terms of time necessarily, but there are quite a few steps. This involves setting up several accounts. Firstly, you register your nickname on the IRC server, then you crete an account on this website and lastly you create an account in the signup program (please use the same or at least similar nicknames on all places). If everything goes well then you might get a real system account on the servers operating system. Please read all the relevant information on this webpage (especially rules etc) so you know what this type of service this is before you start applying for an account! Follow these steps and you should have an account in a couple of days: |
You have to be active in the [:Info/IRC:Chat], both during the signup process and after you get your account. You will probably never get an account unless you join the chat and talk to us. Participating in the community is very important! (If you can't join the chat for some reason, send an email to [:JohanMarcusson:Independence].) |
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| 1. Join our IRC-channel #blinkenshell @ irc.shellsnet.org . Register your nickname with the nickserv bot on shellsnet. Send "help register" to the user nickserv on the shellsnet network to get help on registering your nickname or take a look on [http://blinkenshell.org/wiki/Howto Howto]. 1. Go to the page ["Info/Login"] and follow the instructions to log on to the shell server, here you will create an account for the signup process to run the quiz and more. 1. This will allow you to run the shell signup program, there are six steps in this program that you have to complete before you can continue. You have to create a new account in the signup program, you can not use the same account name as here on the wiki, it doesn't work. |
== The steps == To get an account, you have to complete a rather long signup process. Not in terms of time necessarily, but there are quite a few steps. This involves setting up several accounts. Firstly, you'll have to register your nickname on our home [:Info/IRC:IRC]-network, you then create an account in the signup program (please use the same or at least similar nicknames!). If everything goes well then you will get a real system account on the server in a couple of days. Please read all the relevant information on this webpage (especially [:Info/Rules:rules] and the [:Info:information] pages) before proceeding. |
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| 1. Before you can finish the last step in the signup program, I will manually check the info you have submitted. In the meantime, do step 5. 1. Hang around in the IRC-channel for some time (a couple of days) and try to get and know us. You have to be somewhat active, stats is available here so you can see how active you are: http://blinkenbot.blinkenshell.org/ If you find that no one is online when you are, try sending an email to JohanMarcusson instead. When you have done this, remind me to look at your application, cause I usually forget ;-) 1. You can now complete the last step in the signup program, the SMS activation. Just send one SMS, and try to get it right the first time. 1. When you're done with all that, I'll review your application and manually create an account if everything looks allright. |
1. Join our IRC-channel #blinkenshell @ irc.overloadx.net. Register your nickname with the NickServ bot. Type "/msg nickserv help register" to get help on registering your nickname or take a look at: ["Howto/Register Nickname"]. 1. Go to the page ["Info/Login"] and follow the instructions to log on to the shell server with the signup user. 1. Once logged in to the server, you can run the shell signup program. There are six steps in this program that you have to complete to get an account. When you run this program, you first have to create an account for the signup process. You will ''not'' be able to log in to the system via SSH using this account! Take a look at the bottom of this page for some tips. 1. Now you will have to get two registered users to vouch (approve) for you. Just join the [:Info/IRC:chat] (if you haven't already) and start talking to us, get to know some people! :) Note, however, that it is considered bad taste to start chasing everyone in the channel around for vouches. Several people come every day hunting for vouches - if we are to be responsible vouchers, we can't approve you all at once. If you give us something to remember you by, and it isn't just "annoying", you'll probably not have a problem getting vouches. This step should take a day or two. 1. You can now complete the last step in the signup program, the SMS activation. Log in with the signup user, and then with the signup account you created when you first ran the signup program. Try and make sure you ''get your number right the first time!'' The SMS should arrive within a couple of minutes, usually in seconds. The SMS is free on your part, you don't have to pay anything. I do however pay a small fee for this every time someone sends an SMS, if you would like to help pay for this service please consider a [:Info/Donations:Donation]. 1. When you're done with all that, I'll review your application and manually create an account if everything looks alright. Good luck! |
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| == Tips == Sometimes it takes a long time go get to the next step when you are at step 4 or 6. This is because the administrator has to manually check up some things, and he doesn't always remember to do it. Just ask him nicely on IRC when he's around and it will probably be done before long. Also remember to try and be active on IRC. |
I expect you to log in to the IRC-channel once in a while, even after you get your account. Please add #blinkenshell to your autojoin channels in your IRC client, autoidentify with nickserv is probably a good idea too. == Misc info/FAQ == In the signup program, you create an account for the signup process. You will not be able to log in to the system (SSH) with this account. This account is only valid in the signup program, and you have to start the signup program by logging in with the user signup. So, first log in with the signup user and then, when you are in, you can use the signup account. If you fail the quiz the first time, you can try again. There is no limit on how many times you can take the quiz, but you have to wait five minutes before you can try again. Do not try and guess answers, you will have to understand the questions and answers. Also, you have to get every single question right to pass. Step 4 may seem scary to some. If your English is weak, remember that many of us aren't native English speakers either - try us, and you'll find out that we're quite understanding. If you don't know what to say when entering a quiet IRC channel, try telling us what you do, who you are, why you want the shell, or something like that. We don't want an essay, but say something. If you want to, you can create a user on this wiki and write a small presentation of yourself on your userpage and show that to people. '''Remember to be active in the chat channel (IRC)!''' |
Signup
Requirements
First of all, you have to be able to read and make yourself understood in English. Perfect English is not required, I'm not a native English speaker myself (as you might have noticed.)
You will need an email address. If you don't already have one, you can get one with the shell (talk to [:JohanMarcusson:Independence].)
You will also need some way of ensuring me you are a real person, not just an alias you use for hacking sites on the internet. This usually means you will either have to send/receive an SMS or making a small (0.01$) PayPal ("verified" account) transfer.
You have to be active in the [:Info/IRC:Chat], both during the signup process and after you get your account. You will probably never get an account unless you join the chat and talk to us. Participating in the community is very important! (If you can't join the chat for some reason, send an email to [:JohanMarcusson:Independence].)
The steps
To get an account, you have to complete a rather long signup process. Not in terms of time necessarily, but there are quite a few steps. This involves setting up several accounts. Firstly, you'll have to register your nickname on our home [:Info/IRC:IRC]-network, you then create an account in the signup program (please use the same or at least similar nicknames!). If everything goes well then you will get a real system account on the server in a couple of days. Please read all the relevant information on this webpage (especially [:Info/Rules:rules] and the [:Info:information] pages) before proceeding.
Join our IRC-channel #blinkenshell @ irc.overloadx.net. Register your nickname with the NickServ bot. Type "/msg nickserv help register" to get help on registering your nickname or take a look at: ["Howto/Register Nickname"].
- Go to the page ["Info/Login"] and follow the instructions to log on to the shell server with the signup user.
Once logged in to the server, you can run the shell signup program. There are six steps in this program that you have to complete to get an account. When you run this program, you first have to create an account for the signup process. You will not be able to log in to the system via SSH using this account! Take a look at the bottom of this page for some tips.
Now you will have to get two registered users to vouch (approve) for you. Just join the [:Info/IRC:chat] (if you haven't already) and start talking to us, get to know some people!
Note, however, that it is considered bad taste to start chasing everyone in the channel around for vouches. Several people come every day hunting for vouches - if we are to be responsible vouchers, we can't approve you all at once. If you give us something to remember you by, and it isn't just "annoying", you'll probably not have a problem getting vouches. This step should take a day or two. You can now complete the last step in the signup program, the SMS activation. Log in with the signup user, and then with the signup account you created when you first ran the signup program. Try and make sure you get your number right the first time! The SMS should arrive within a couple of minutes, usually in seconds. The SMS is free on your part, you don't have to pay anything. I do however pay a small fee for this every time someone sends an SMS, if you would like to help pay for this service please consider a [:Info/Donations:Donation].
- When you're done with all that, I'll review your application and manually create an account if everything looks alright. Good luck!
You can see what step you are currently at in the signup program at this page: http://signup.blinkenshell.org/
Feel free to ask us in the chat channel if you have any questions about the service.
I expect you to log in to the IRC-channel once in a while, even after you get your account. Please add #blinkenshell to your autojoin channels in your IRC client, autoidentify with nickserv is probably a good idea too.
Misc info/FAQ
In the signup program, you create an account for the signup process. You will not be able to log in to the system (SSH) with this account. This account is only valid in the signup program, and you have to start the signup program by logging in with the user signup. So, first log in with the signup user and then, when you are in, you can use the signup account.
If you fail the quiz the first time, you can try again. There is no limit on how many times you can take the quiz, but you have to wait five minutes before you can try again. Do not try and guess answers, you will have to understand the questions and answers. Also, you have to get every single question right to pass.
Step 4 may seem scary to some. If your English is weak, remember that many of us aren't native English speakers either - try us, and you'll find out that we're quite understanding. If you don't know what to say when entering a quiet IRC channel, try telling us what you do, who you are, why you want the shell, or something like that. We don't want an essay, but say something. If you want to, you can create a user on this wiki and write a small presentation of yourself on your userpage and show that to people.
Remember to be active in the chat channel (IRC)!