Create an shell account at cyberspace
Points:
25
Due date: Announced in Class
With this assignment you will create a shell account at cyberspace.org. In
case our system fails you have an alternative method to receive your email and
have access to shell so you can continue the use of UNIX.
Grex is a public-access computer conferencing system in Ann Arbor, Michigan,
USA. It is cooperatively owned and operated, and is supported entirely by
donations from users. All staff members are volunteers.
If you are doing this from home, make sure to connect to your internet
provider first before completing this assignment
Using your web browser go to
http://www.cyberspace.org/
Select option to Get a Free Account
Fill out the form:
As your login id use the first initial of your first name plus the next 7
charaters of your last name, such as
walter morales = wmorales. If user id already exists use a similar one
followed by a number, but add a number, such as wmorale2 but make sure
not to user more than eight character long.
When selecting your password, use the same password as you will choose for
the jupiter system
Make the following selection while filling the form.
Prefered Login Shell:
sh - standard Unix Bourne Shell.
Prefered Text Editor:
vi
Default Terminal Type:
vt100
Prefered Backspace Key:
Backspace (Control-H)
Prefered Interupt Key:
Control-C
Personal Information
If you don't feel comfortable filling out this section, just create some
other information or leave it blank
After your account is successfully created, you will see a Welcome to Grex
screen.
At the bottom of this screen you will see:
To log in, telnet to Grex <telnet://cyberspace.org>
and enter the login name and password that you selected. If Grex's network ports
are all in use, you will be put onto a waiting list to get onto Grex. The wait
is usually short.
Click on the link telnet to grex, this "should" open your telnet
program on your computer and try to connect to the cybersapce.org coputer
system. You may have to wait a while to log on, you may see the message:
Waiting for a free port (? for help)
...16
...15
...14
Just wait and eventually a port will be free and you see:
Grex central timekeeping. At the beep, the time is
1:41PM on Thursday, 30 March 2000
New to grex? Type help at the login prompt
(ttyu4) grex login:
If you telnet program does not start automatically then you will have to find
your telnet program in your computer.
To find the program do the following: click on Start, Find , Files
or Folders and search for a file named telnet as shown in class.
Once you find the telnet program, double click on that file and your telnet
program will start.
At the main menu use the option Connect, Remote system, on host
name type cyberspace.org
Logon into the system using your new login and password.
Once you log in your should see a system message showing to options for the
system and the $ prompt
Your final talk will be to send a message to your instructor.
At the shell prompt ($) make sure that the terminal emulation is set to vt100
at the UNIX side and at your telnet software, as demonstrated in class (also
shown on page 928). Change it if necessary to vt100, please see your notes how
to do it or this is explained on our book.
Type elm at the shell prompt and the elm program should come up on the screen.
If it is the first time that you are using it, there will be a couple of
questions to confirm the creation of a couple of files, just answer y to
both questions.
- Send an email message to wmorales@pcc.edu,
- make sure that on the subject section your have
cs140u - your name - my cyberpace account
- In the body of the message you will just say
Hello,
this is my first email message using elm and vi as my text editor
my account at cyberspace is:
youruserid@cyberspace.org
- Save your message
- Use the option s)end to send away your message.
That is it!
Now you have a free unix account and if you done all correctly, your will
get the 25 points
