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+'''If you don't have a Sugar Labs account, visit [[Service/Account]] first.'''
 == Hostnames ==
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 [[Machine/sunjammer]]
+== Administrative contact ==
+'''sysadmin AT sugarlabs DOT org'''
+For non-emergency calls, preferably send email to the administrative contact.
+For urgent requests, the list of systems administrators is on [[Machine/sunjammer]].
+== Prerequisites ==
+A shell account;
+* requires a sponsor,
+* is only available to core contributors,
+* is only for when an existing public service such as GitHub cannot help.
-== Administrative contact ==
+A shell account makes sense only if you're '''already''' comfortable using ssh and the Linux command line. The SL systems administrators are not tutors.
-sysadmin AT sugarlabs DOT org
+== Requesting a shell account ==
+Fill up the following template and send it by email to '''sysadmin''' @ '''sugarlabs''' . '''org''':
-== Sysadmins ==
+ Username: <[a-z]+>
+ First: <your first name(s)>
+ Last: <your last name(s)>
+ Email: <desired forwarding email destination for USERNAME@sugarlabs.org>
+ Sponsor(s): <names of people sponsoring your account request>
+ <intended purpose of account>
+ <public ssh key(s), one per line. don't attach, paste with word-wrapping disabled>
-For non-emergency calls, preferably send email to the administrative contact.
+* Please cc your sponsor(s)
-See the list of systems administrators on  [[Machine/sunjammer]]
+* Preferably sign your request with a GPG key uploaded to public keyservers and signed by at least another Sugar Labs member.
+* Accurately describe the intended purpose of your shell account. '''Insufficiently justified requests will be delayed by the sysadmins to request further details.'''
-== Notes ==
+== Usage notes ==
 === Password Management ===
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 You can use PHP in your web pages. It will execute with your credentials.
-Please avoid distributing non-free software from your account. It is also not allowed by the terms under which the [[http://www.fsf.org/|Free Software Foundation]] hosts us.
+Do not distribute non-free software from your account, as this is not allowed by the terms of service of our host, the [http://www.fsf.org/ Free Software Foundation].
+<!--
+I believe git, openID and IRC proxies are all deprecated -- Devin
 === Public git hosting ===
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 * Ensure that the path to your repository is publicly readable.
 * Touch the file <code>git-daemon-export-ok</code> in the repository.
 === OpenID ===
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 You can run your favorite IRC client or proxy on your account. We also offer a system-wide [[Sysadmin/IRC_Proxy|IRC Proxy]].
+-->
 == See Also ==
+* [[Service/Account]] (for users)
 * [[Sysadmin/User_management]] (for sysadmins)
-* [[Sysadmin/Shell_account_request]] (for users)
+* [[Service/email]]
 * [[Service/imap]]
 * [[Service/smtp]]
 [[Category:Service|shell]]