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[[!tag stable_URL]]

There are GNU/Hurd boxes that we're offering shell accounts on.  These are
generally available for everyone interested in [[contributing]], or just having
a look at a GNU/Hurd system.

An alternative to online shell access may be using a [[QEMU
image|hurd/running/qemu]].

[[!table class="table_style_1" data="""
"Hoster","Name","Distribution","Machine Specs","Comments"
"[[bddebian]]","blubber","Debian GNU/Hurd","Celeron 2.2 GHz; 222 MiB","Xen domU on [[zenhost]]; for experimental stuff; deactivated until needed again (apart from [[tschwinge]], only [[scolobb]] has an account, but is not active at the moment)"
"[[bddebian]]","clubber","Debian GNU/Hurd","PIII 1 GHz; 384 MiB"
"[[bddebian]]","flubber","Debian GNU/Hurd","Celeron 2.2 GHz; 666 MiB","Xen domU on [[zenhost]]"
"[[bddebian]]","snubber","Debian GNU/Hurd","Celeron 2.2 GHz; 243 MiB","Xen domU on [[zenhost]]; web server"
"[[bddebian]]","gnubber","Debian GNU/Hurd","PII 733 MHz; 384 MiB"
"[[bddebian]]","goober","Debian GNU/Hurd","?"
"[[bddebian]]","grubber","Debian GNU/Hurd","Celeron 2.2 GHz; 554 MiB","Xen domU on [[zenhost]]; for experimental stuff"
"[[bddebian]]","[[zenhost]]","Debian GNU/Linux","Celeron 2.2 GHz","Xen dom0 for several hosts"
"[[sceen]]","darnassus","Debian GNU/Hurd","Core i5 3.1 GHz, 1.8 GiB","KVM guest on shattrath; public hurdbox"
"[[sceen]]","ironforge","Debian GNU/Hurd","Core i5 3.1 GHz, 1.8 GiB","KVM guest on shattrath; Debian buildd"
"[[sceen]]","exodar","Debian GNU/Hurd","Core i5 3.1 GHz, 1.8 GiB","KVM guest on shattrath; Debian porterbox"
"[[sceen]]","shattrath","Debian GNU/Linux","Core i5 3.1 GHz","KVM host"
"Debian","[strauss.debian.net](http://strauss.debian.net/ssh)","Debian GNU/Hurd",,"all Debian Developers have access"
"""]]

To request an account on the *[[bddebian]]* or *[[sceen]]* machines, either contact
*tschwinge* (other people might also be able to help) in [[IRC]]
or send email to <hurd-shell-account@gnu.org> (please include your desired user
name and public SSH key).  Also use these contact
addresses for requesting support with respect to software installations, etc.


For easy access, you should append your public SSH key(s)
to `~/.ssh/authorized_keys` on the remote machine.

Also, add the [[!toggle id=bddebian_ssh_config text="following stanza (click
here to toggle display)"]] to the `~/.ssh/config` file of the machine you're
connecting from.

[[!toggleable id=bddebian_ssh_config text="""

    # Stanza from <http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/public_hurd_boxen.html>,
    # 2010-12-15.

    Host blubber.bddebian.com blubber
      HostName blubber.bddebian.com
    
    Host clubber.bddebian.com clubber
      HostName clubber.bddebian.com
      Port 2251
    
    Host flubber.bddebian.com flubber
      HostName flubber.bddebian.com
      Port 2250
    
    Host gnubber.bddebian.com gnubber
      HostName gnubber.bddebian.com
      Port 2254
    
    Host goober.bddebian.com goober
      HostName goober.bddebian.com
      Port 2255
    
    Host grubber.bddebian.com grubber
      HostName grubber.bddebian.com
    
    Host snubber.bddebian.com snubber
      HostName snubber.bddebian.com
    
    Host zenhost.bddebian.com zenhost
      HostName zenhost.bddebian.com
      Port 2260
    
    Host blubber.bddebian.com blubber grubber.bddebian.com grubber snubber.bddebian.com snubber
      ProxyCommand ssh zenhost socat - TCP4:%h:%p
    
    Host *.bddebian.com blubber clubber flubber gnubber goober grubber snubber zenhost
      CheckHostIP no
      User [user name]

The `CheckHostIP` statement is for not having to worry about the machines's IP
addresses changing (due to being behind a dial-up connection).

"""]]