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(Answer) shell does not work
(Answer) how to use ssh with portforward?
(Answer) did I lost my shell account?
(Answer) can I run eggdrop, BNC and ircd from shell
(Answer) I had a shell account at polarhome.com. What should I do
(Answer) how many BG-s may I run
(Answer) crontab problems?

(Answer) (Category) polarhome.com FAQ : (Category) access questions : (Category) shell :
shell does not work
shell access is not enabled by default, therefore telnet and ssh do not work without an extra hardcopy application.
More to read at shell policy http://www.polarhome.com/service/policy.html
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(Answer) (Category) polarhome.com FAQ : (Category) access questions : (Category) shell :
how to use ssh with portforward?
telnet and ssh work nice with portforward, but you have to telnet to some defined port descried at http://www.polarhome.com/service/shell/ports.html

Example:
Telnet to OpenBSD: telnet gate.polarhome.com 732 ssh to OpenVMS: ssh gate.polarhome.com -p 705
Please note, that if you are already on some polarhome.com inside server you may use simple: telnet openbsd or ssh username@vax
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(Answer) (Category) polarhome.com FAQ : (Category) access questions : (Category) shell :
did I lost my shell account?
If your username is on the list http://www.polarhome.com/hacker/users.deny you did.

Please use http://www.polarhome.com/service/network/net-finger.html - finger service to query your host for your username in order to get exact information about your account status.

- if account does not exist - your account has not been created ot it is deleted
- if account has shell: /bin/nologin - you account exists but you do not have shell access
- if shell is any other: you account is fully functional.
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(Answer) (Category) polarhome.com FAQ : (Category) access questions : (Category) shell :
can I run eggdrop, BNC and ircd from shell
Yes, you can. You can upload, compile, build, run bg processes and use all available programs and resources on the system. Shell is as open as it was earlier (now even with crontab). eggdrop, BNC and other irc servers, bouncers, proxies and non destructive bots are not considered to be malicious.
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(Answer) (Category) polarhome.com FAQ : (Category) access questions : (Category) shell :
I had a shell account at polarhome.com. What should I do
Your earlier account have been transformed to ftp account. Existing accounts have not been deleted and all content have been kept. Otherwise, you may choose among the following alternatives:

- continue to use as ftp user
- upgrade to shell account
- stop use polarhome.com access services
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(Answer) (Category) polarhome.com FAQ : (Category) access questions : (Category) shell :
how many BG-s may I run
polarhome does not have BG limit just total process limit, but if you start too many BG processes you will not be able to manage your account any more.
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(Answer) (Category) polarhome.com FAQ : (Category) access questions : (Category) shell :
crontab problems?
Shell accounts do have enabled crontab.
Crontab may hava a strange behaviour that you may submit a new one but you can not edit it any more with crontab -e.
The problem lays in VIM editor secure temporary file handling.
There are two solutions:
1. use another editor for crontab.
$ export EDITOR=pico
$ crontab -e

2. delete curent crontab and submit a new one
$ crontab -l > my_crontab.txt
make changes in my_crontab.txt file
$ crontan -r
$ crontab my_crontab.txt
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