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First of all, there are a couple of requirements you have to fulfill before signing up: == Requirements ==
First of all, you have to be able to communicate in English. Maybe you already do, because you can read this :)
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 * An email address that you check regularily and are going to keep for a while, preferably an ISP-mail. If you don't have one, you can get one with the shell.
 * Access to a mobile phone or other device with SMS-capability.
 * You have to be able to speak English.
Next, follow these steps:		 You also need a mail address. If you don't already have one, you can get one with the shell, talk to 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.

== 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. 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:
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 1. Create an account on this webpage: http://blinkenshell.org/wiki/UserPreferences (Use your preferred nickname or real nameas account name)
 1. Go to the page ["Info/Login"] (you have log in with your wiki account to view this page) and follow the instructions to log on to the shell server. 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.
 1. Before you can finish the last step in the signup program, I will check the info you have submitted. If you have failed to signup on shellsnet or something like that, you can't proceed.
 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.
 1. You can now complete the last step in the signup program, the SMS activation.		 Send "help register" to the user nickserv on the shellsnet network to get help on registering your nickname.
 1. Create an account on this webpage.
Go to this page and follow the instructions:http://blinkenshell.org/wiki/UserPreferences (you can use your real name or your nickname as account name here).
 1. Go to the page ["Info/Login"] (you have log in with your wiki account to view this page) and follow the instructions to log on to the shell server.
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.
 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.
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Please read all the relevant information on this webpage (especially rules) so you know what this type of service this is before you start applying for an account.

Signup

Requirements

First of all, you have to be able to communicate in English. Maybe you already do, because you can read this :)

You also need a mail address. If you don't already have one, you can get one with the shell, talk to Independence.

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.

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. 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:

  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.

  1. Create an account on this webpage.

Go to this page and follow the instructions:http://blinkenshell.org/wiki/UserPreferences (you can use your real name or your nickname as account name here).

  1. Go to the page ["Info/Login"] (you have log in with your wiki account to view this page) and follow the instructions to log on to the shell server.

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.

  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.
  2. 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.
  2. When you're done with all that, I'll review your application and manually create an account if everything looks allright.

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.

last edited 2023-11-22 15:38:45 by independence