Frequently Asked Questions
How do I sign up for an account?
- Simply by going to our signup page and filling in the form. You can ask for help in #thunix on newnet.net, or you can contact us, if you run into any difficulties.
How can I request an account recovery or public key replacement?
- Just send the request from the email you used to register and we'll poke a new key in for you.
Who is running thunix?
What happened to the old thunix? Why the name change?
- The original machine and founder dissappeared without any warning to anyone, including server staff. For this reason, most things were not backed up, and we needed to obtain a new domain name, and a new set of machines.
I want a new package installed, or I want something changed on Thunix!
- Excellent! We're looking to make this system useful for the community! You can ask for help in #thunix on newnet.net, or you can contact us, to request the system change.
Can I get password-based login? Old thunix had it!
- No. Sorry. Not for shell access. For other integrated services, password auth will be enabled, but not for your ssh connection. We use key based authentication, as it's more secure, and more convienent for you, to be honest.
That's too hard! Can you just open the port up for this service I have running?
- No. Due to security issues, we cannot. HOWEVER! You can certainly use an SSH tunnel to access it.
Old thunix did {fill in the blank}, and now it doesn't. Make it work like it used to!
- There was a huge changeover. Maybe we can get something going old thunix had, and maybe not. You can mention it in the IRC channel, and we'll see what we can do.
How can I access my thunix email?
- You can use the following for your mail settings (This is Thunderbird's setting screen, but the settings are the same):
