Free shell accounts
| Newest additions |
| 04.03.2002: Lyximer, Shells.at, VMSbox. 20.02.2002: Gewd, Xbolt. 19.02.2002: BSDshell (formerly Coffey-Web), Free.net.pl (information kindly submitted by Xalith). |
 Badpenguin   |
| Hardware: Pentium III 866 MHz w/ 384 MB RAM and a 30 GB hard disk. Operating system: Linux Quota: 20 MB. Internet connection: Cable modem, 1.5 Mbit down/384 Kbit up. Services/programs: Web based email, webpage hosting, CGI, PHP4 and MySQL access. IRC access: Unknown. Background processes allowed: Unknown. |
| Brained |
| Hardware: 450 MHz with 400 MB RAM and 50 GB HDD. Operating system: OpenBSD. Quota: 50 MB, users may gradually work up to 100 MB quota. Internet connection: Dual cable lines (equiv. 1 Mbit down/128 kbit up). Services/programs: Mail services (SMTP and POP3), HTTPD, FTP, telnet, SSH. IRC access: Yes. Background processes allowed: No. |
| BSDshell |
| Hardware: Pentium Pro 180 MHz with 32 MB RAM and lots of disk space. Operating system: FreeBSD. Quota: Unlimited for homedir and mail. Internet connection: 64Kbit/s (shared T1 connection). Services/programs: SSH login, POP3 mail access, mail forwarding and sorting (procmail, fetchmail, crontab), IRC clients (BitchX, epic, ircII), MUD clients (tinyfugue, telnet), software development (C/C++, Perl, Python, TCL), web development (personal web page, Apache, PHP), Majordomo configured for personal mailing lists, will install most software packages by request (from FreeBSD ports collection). IRC access: Yes. Background processes allowed: Reasonable background processes (personal crontab allowed). No bots/proxy/bnc. Other info: Requires a one-time donation of USD $5 through Paypal. |
| CSA Test Drive |
| Hardware: A lot of Alpha, x86, and Itanium servers and workstations. Check the homepage for detailed information. Operating system: Debian Linux, FreeBSD, Kondara Linux, Linux Mandrake, Linux64, OpenVMS, Redhat Linux, SuSE Linux, Tru64 Unix, TurboLinux, Windows 2000. Quota: Differs. Internet connection: Unknown, but definetely a good one. IRC access: No. Background processes allowed: Probably. Other info: The Test Drive Program is a free service of Compaq. Its main purpose is to provide developers with access to new Compaq hardware running various Compaq and third party operating systems and applications. When you register, you get a free shell account you can use to log into the wide variety of systems on our Test Drive network and try out the software and operating systems running on them. We have our firewall set up to only allow incoming connections on specific ports. Attempts to connect to outside hosts will not work because of this. |
| DucTape |
| Hardware: Unknown. Operating system: Linux. Quota: 2 MB. Internet connection: T1. Services/programs: Features of the free accounts include: Free IMAP Email (yourname@ductape.net). Email forwarding. Our online help system. Local Bulletin Boards. Mailing Lists on Bulletin Boards. Access to the World Wide Web via Lynx. Inbound FTP. Netscape Roaming Access. Secure Shell (SSH). WebMail. Personal Webpage (SSI, CGI, subdirectories, and no pop-up ads, ever!). NOTE: Bots are NOT allowed on free accounts. IRC access: Yes, but only available to subscribers. Background processes allowed: Yes, but won't survive logout. Other info: Free accounts are offered at no cost to qualifying persons. To qualify you need to write a short essay (approximatly 100 words) describing why you would like access to this system. The content will not be used as a basis to grant or deny access (unless you tell us your going to so something illegal), but rather helps us determine how people will be using the system so we can get an idea of what types of features we should add in the future. |
| Free.net.pl (in polish) |
| Hardware: Intel Pentium with 500 GB disk space. Operating system: Unknown. Quota: 30 MB to divide between WWW and mail. Internet connection: 100Mbps. IRC access: Probably yes. Background processes allowed: Unknown. Other info: Telnet to free.net.pl. |
| Freedom Shell |
| Hardware: VALinux 1221 2x1GHz P3, Ultra SCSI 160 10000 RPM drives, 2GB RAM. Operating system: Linux. Quota: 10 MB. Internet connection: Colo reduntant connections, 10Mb ethernet to the net. Services/programs: Telnet, ftp, ssh, ncftp, gcc, BitchX, eggdrop, TCL are all loaded for outbound use. No mail accounts, cron jobs, telnetd nor ftpd. IRC access: Yes. Background processes allowed: Account is limited to, currently, 10 processes max, although we prefer people run no more than 2-3 backgrounders. The other processes are for compilation tasks. Other info: Login only available through an SSH applet on the homepage. |
| Gewd |
| Hardware: Unknown. Operating system: Unknown. Quota: 10 MB. Internet connection: Dual OC-48. IRC access: Yes. Background processes allowed: Yes, 1. Other info: You must own a website with a minimum of 20 visitors/day, and enter the Gewd.Net banner exchange program to get a free shell. This is all better explained on this page. |
| Hannover Internet |
| Hardware: Pentium II 450 with 1 GB RAM and 19 GB for /home and 3 GB for mail. Operating system: Linux, kernel 2.4.5. Quota: 15-50 MB. Internet connection: Unknown. Services/programs: Free shells and free domain hosting with own domains - own mySQL server with root access - php4 / ssi / asp / ssl for webpages - create own pop3 accounts and forwards, even root@yourdomain works ;-) - create and setup subaccounts to give them to friends - webinterface to manage all settings - site in english and german - use a free dyn dns domain as domain for own webpages and email - full access to compilers, perl. IRC access: No. Background processes allowed: Yes, but no IRC bots. |
| iProtection |
| Hardware: 4 clustered Intel Pentium III 700MHz with 512MB RAM & 116 gigs of SCSI 3 storage. Operating system: Red Hat Linux 7 Quota: 20 MB ? Internet connection: 6 Mbps dedicated line, 3 Mbps ADSL backup. Services/programs: All popular applications loaded and fully functional. IRCII, BitchX, Ezbounce, BNC, loaded and available. LATEST Eggdrop ALWAYS installed and available, custom easyconfig scripts too. 22 VHosts available. Web and CGI hosting available. IRC access: Yes. Background processes allowed: Yes. |
| Lyximer |
| Hardware: AMD 850MHz with 256 MB of RAM and 40 GB of storage space. Operating system: Red Hat Linux. Quota: At least 20 MB. Internet connection: 512 kbps ADSL. Services/programs: POP3 eMail Account with webmail access (and pine from the shell!), 20Mb Web Space (yourname.lyximer.net or your own domain) with php/perl/python/ssi support, MySQL database access, Your own mailing list(s) IRC access: Probably yes. Background processes allowed: Background processes are allowed (e.g. eggdrops) but not too many... just within reason please. Other info: Lyximer has become a group of people - mostly unix/linux enthusiasts and friends of them who talk to each other and help each other with various linux (and sometimes not so linuxy) things, we're always looking for people who can contribute to this community or want to learn from being part of it ... and that's who we give shell access to : ) |
| M-net |
| Hardware: Unknown. Operating system: FreeBSD. Quota: 1 MB Internet connection: Unknown. Services/programs: M-net offers over 125 different conference areas, real-time chat rooms, common UNIX utilities such as compilers, E-Mail, a homepage, and WWW access via lynx all for free. Users who want further access to Internet services such as telnet, ftp, and IRC are charged a modest fee, and also get the benefit of becoming an m-net patron or member. IRC access: Yes, but only for paying/donating users. Background processes allowed: No. Other info: Telnet to m-net.arbornet.org and login as newuser. |
| Nether |
| Hardware: SUN SPARCserver-1000 with 8 40mhz SuperSPARC processors, and 128MB of RAM. Operating system: SunOS 5.7 Quota: 15 MB for /user, 10 MB for /usr/local, 10 MB for /var, 15 MB for /mail. Internet connection: T1 (1.5Mbps). IRC access: Yes. Background processes allowed: Yes, but won't survive logout. Other info: Telnet to nether.net and log in as newuser. |
| Nyx |
| Hardware: 2 Sun SparcServer 2's, a Sun SparcServer 1+, a SparcServer 10 and a 586. Operating system: SunOS 4.1.4 and Debian Linux Quota: 500 kB in home directory, 2 MB in web directory. Internet connection: T1 (1.5Mbps). IRC access: Yes. Background processes allowed: No. Other info: Telnet to nyx.net and log in as new. To get more than a preview account, then you need to be validated. |
| Polarfox@home |
| Hardware: Pentium Celeron 733MHz with 512MB of RAM and 8GB of hard disk space. Operating system: Red Hat Linux 7.1 and OpenVMS. Quota: 10 MB. Internet connection: Unknown. Services/programs: FTP access, webspace, POP3/IMAP e-mail, WAP mail reader, MySQL access, Perl, PHP, etc. IRC access: Yes. Background processes allowed: Yes. |
| Rootshell |
| Hardware: Unknown. Operating system: Linux Quota: 5 MB for home directory, 1 MB for mail. Internet connection: Unknown. IRC access: Yes. Background processes allowed: No. Other info: All access are logged on the system. If any suspicious behaviour is detected, the account will be closed immediately without prior notice. Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is allowed from the shell account with a normal client (BitchX). No bot, no bouncer or proxy is allowed on the system. When disconnected, the user cannot leave running processes in the system (no daemon, no detached programs). Only SSH connections are allowed to the system. You must change your password every 30 days. If the password has not been changed after this period, the account will be automatically blocked. Only one session at a time per use is allowed. After an inactivity timeout, all idle session are automatically closed. |
| SDF Public Access Unix System |
| Hardware: SDF is comprised of six systems,
four DEC Alpha dual processor
5305s with 64 to 118gigs of storage
each and two SUN dual Super
Sparc20s with 18 gigs each.
Operating system: NetBSD. Quota: 60 MB, 300 MB if you donate. Internet connection: Multihomed DS3 connection (155Mbit). Services/programs: Access to email (elm, mutt, pine, mailx) OR pop3. Mail Forwarding and AutoReply. Local chat (com, send, phone, bboard). Internet chat (talk, icq). Secure Connections via ssh1 or telnet. Choice of UNIX shell: (rc, sh, ash, csh, ksh, zsh, bash, sash, scsh, tcsh, teco, emacs, tclsh, monitor). Hundreds of shell utilities, games and programmes. Network utilities: ping, finger, whois, traceroute. Your URL: http://yourlogin.freeshell.org. IRC access: Only if you donate. Background processes allowed: Yes, there is a dedicated machine for background processes. Other info: SDF is the oldest and largest public access UNIX system in existence. SDF is a participant in NetBSD development. SDF is a non-profit organization which is supported by user contributions. We are the only public access UNIX system (aside from GREX) that has a large online community of users.. We have a group of wiccans, LISP hackers, religious fanatics, Swedes and Indonesians ;-) You can donate a one time fee ($36), and get access to rlogin, telnet, ftp, irc, tf, lynx, Usenet, compilers, majordomo, and you get a 300 MB quota (members can modify their quota). |
| Shells.at |
| Hardware: Dual Celeron 500 with 384 MB of RAM. Operating system: Unknown. Quota: Unknown. Internet connection: Unknown. IRC access: Yes. Background processes allowed: Yes, 2. Other info: Sign up at this page. |
| ShellYeah |
| Hardware: Sun UltraSPARC2. Operating system: Solaris 7. Quota: Unknown. Internet connection: Dual DS3 (2x 44Mbps). Services/programs: In a nutshell, ShellYeah provides access to IRC, Email, Usenet News, MUDs and the basic shell. We do not provide access to compilers, eggdrops, BNC or any other non-interactive tool. IRC access: Yes. Background processes allowed: No. |
| Spunge |
| Hardware: Spunge.org is made up of 8 computers, ranging from 486SX/25 to AMD K6-2 300. Operating system: Linux. Quota: 10 MB, but you can request more. Internet connection: 56 Kbps modem. Services/programs: The shell comes with email (POPable), web space, and FTP space if you need. IRC access: Yes. Background processes allowed: Yes, but need approval. Other info: The shell account is on one of two machines. It is either on shell.spunge.org or games.spunge.org. Shell.spunge.org is the primary shell machine. You will want/get an account on that machine, as long as you are not going to run any continious background processes (i.e. bots). Games.spunge.org is the machine that is used for background processes, and anything that could be considered enternating (muds, IRC). |
| Suburbia |
| Hardware: Unknown. Operating system: Debian Linux. Quota: Unknown. Internet connection: Unknown. IRC access: Yes. Background processes allowed: No. Other info: Due to the enormous number of requests we've had for shell accounts we have to be selective on our members. Please email helpdesk@suburbia.com.au and state why you'd like to use the services available on this system - it has to be a good reason! |
| The Forest |
| Hardware: Intel Pentium 166 MHz with 80MB RAM and 7 GB hard disk space. Operating system: Slackware Linux Quota: 10 MB for /home, 5 MB for mail. More quota can be requested if needed for a good reason. Internet connection: ADSL (768kbps down/128kbps up). Services/programs: Connect via Telnet or SSH1. A personal web page (SSI/CGI if *really* needed). A directory in the anonymous FTP area. POP3, Webmail access. Access to Pine, elm, Lynx, BX, IRCII, Micq, crontab, compilers, etc. IRC access: Yes. Background processes allowed: Yes, 4. (Bots, BNC are OK, but no high load processes). Other info: The request form for shells on the homepage is most often closed, due to excessive demand. But it is open every once in a while, so you have to be on the lookout if you want a shell account there! High bandwidth usage is not permitted. Rules are strictly enforced (one warning only). |
| Unix-shells |
| Hardware: Something with 256MB RAM and 46 GB hard disk space. Operating system: FreeBSD Quota: 1 MB. Internet connection: Unknown. Services/programs: Access to email (elm, mutt, pine, mailx) AND pop3. Mail Forwarding and AutoReply. Local chat (com, send, phone, bboard). Internet chat (talk, icq). Secure Connections via ssh or telnet. Choice of UNIX shell: (rc, sh, ash, csh, ksh, zsh, bash, sash, scsh, tcsh, teco, emacs, tclsh, monitor). Hundreds of shell utilities, games and programmes. Network utilities: ping, finger, whois, traceroute. IRC access: Yes. Background processes allowed: No. |
| VMSbox |
| Hardware: Unknown. Operating system: VMS. Quota: Unknown. Internet connection: Unknown. Services/programs: Standard access via Telnet or SSH. Mail handling via VMS MAIL or POP3/SMTP. Web space with scripting support. Access to Perl and C for programming. IRC access: Unknown. Background processes allowed: Unknown. |
| Xbolt |
| Hardware: Intel Pentium II 450 MHz with 256 MB of RAM and 60 GB hard disk space. Operating system: Unknown. Quota: 15 MB. Internet connection: 512 Kbps ADSL. Services/programs: SSH access only. FTP access. Webspace at www.xbolt.net/[username]. IRC access: Unknown. Background processes allowed: No. |
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