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-'''To request a new account, go to [[Service/Account]].'''
+'''If you don't have a Sugar Labs account, visit [[Service/Account]] first.'''
 == Hostnames ==
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 [[Machine/sunjammer]]
 == Administrative contact ==
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 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.
+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.
 == Requesting a shell account ==
-'''Shell accounts on [[Machine/sunjammer|people.sugarlabs.org]] require a sponsor and
-are available only to core Sugar Labs contributors.'''
 Fill up the following template and send it by email to '''sysadmin''' @ '''sugarlabs''' . '''org''':
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 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 ==