Access methods for GNU machines

The currently supported access methods for GNU machines are:

CVS: OpenSSH
Shell: OpenSSH

The current preferred method for access to GNU machines is OpenSSH.

To create your account, please do the following:

For each machine that you'll want to use OpenSSH from:
- Use ssh-keygen -t dsa to generate an SSH DSA keypair. The resulting public key will be left in ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub, which contains one very long line of ASCII text.
Point an https (SSL) enabled web browser at http://savannah.gnu.org/.
Follow the ``New User via SSL'' link, and follow the directions.
Login to savannah.
If you are a GNU maintainer and would like to manage your web pages, source code, and/or ftp area, register your project using the ``Register New Project'' link.
If you're using OpenSSH:
- Follow the ``Account Maintenance'' link, and then the ``Edit Keys'' link (in the Shell Account Information section).
- Paste your OpenSSH public key(s) into the ``Authorized keys'' text field. Make sure there are no line breaks, except between keys. Then click the ``Update'' button. This will bring you back to the Account Maintenance page. Verify that the number of CVS/SSH Shared Keys is the number you expected. If it is higher than expected, then some extra line breaks snuck in, so you should try again.

Please let us know how it goes. Once you've registered on savannah, we can give you shell access to fencepost. In order to do this, please let us know what your savannah account name is.

Thanks,
GNU Accounts

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Updated: $Date: 2009/11/10 19:30:55 $