[HCoop-Discuss] "beta test" accounts on new infrastructure now available

[Adam Megacz]

We are now offering limited-access accounts on the new infrastructure
[*] on a "beta test" basis to all users who have accounts on fyodor.
These accounts come with no uptime or service guarantee; during the
next few weeks we may need to temporarily disable them from time to
time.  Please do not use them for anything important.

These accounts will allow you full access to your space in AFS
(currently 400MB per user) and the ability to log in to mire.hcoop.net
via ssh.  Currently NO OTHER SERVICES are officially supported on the
new infrastructure (for example, email or serving HTTP), although we
hope to make these available soon.

Requesting an account on the new infrastructure will not affect your
fyodor account.  You will have access to both accounts until after all
migration is complete.

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How to get a mire account:

We have created a file in each fyodor user's home directory called
".mire-password".  This file is readable only by you and the admin who
will be processing the account creations.

If you would like to get a mire account, please put your desired
password in the file ~/.mire-password.  Please be VERY careful not to
delete this file or change its permissions.  The recommended procedure
is to type:

  cat > ~/.mire-password

and then type your desired password, press enter, and then press
control-D.  After you do this, please run the command:

  ls -l ~/.mire-password

and make sure that the permission bits are -rw-rw---- (user and group
can read and write) and the group for the file is set to "megacz".

We will be running an account-creation script approximately once a
day.  After you put your password in ~/.mire-password, your account
will be created the next time the script is run (typically no more
than 24 hours after you specify your password).  An email will be sent
to your hcoop account to let you know that your account has been
created.  Your .mire-password file WILL BE DELETED when your account
is created, so please make sure you memorize it before creating the
file.

Sincerely,

  - the admins

[*] http://wiki.hcoop.net/wiki/NewSystemHardware

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