Thanks so much for your post here and also for your PM yesterday! It's great to meet you!
I haven't seen you around too much as yet. Would you enjoy sharing a bit about who and where you are and about what you plan to do with your free MetalVPS account? Also about your connection with the company mentioned in your linked post's footer:
Hello @Not_Oles thank you for taking the time to answer me I was worry that you forgotten me
my name is Mohamed I am from Algeria a software engineer and msc computer science student for the VPS I want to play and learn a little about alpine and use it from time to time for my study if I need resource heavy work as AI or deep learning or bigdata of course for a very little time only
for the company on my profile I am the founder of that business
thank you Tom
Thanks for the intro! Good luck with your business venture!
Your MetalVPS account seems to have been provisioned! You might find your password in your home directory when you log in. Password login has been disabled, but you might need your password for sudo if/when we add sudo. Please feel free to change your password.
You should be able to get in with your ssh key via IPv4 or IPv6 using something like:
When you have time, I would appreciate it if you would try logging in and then please do let us know if it works.
While I am waiting to find out whether your login succeeds, I will reread all the Frequently Asked Questions on your company's pricing page. Maybe I can figure out a way to add Command Line Advertising ("CLA") to MetalVPS. Just kidding!
Thanks for the intro! Good luck with your business venture!
Your MetalVPS account seems to have been provisioned! You might find your password in your home directory when you log in. Password login has been disabled, but you might need your password for sudo if/when we add sudo. Please feel free to change your password.
You should be able to get in with your ssh key via IPv4 or IPv6 using something like:
When you have time, I would appreciate it if you would try logging in and then please do let us know if it works.
While I am waiting to find out whether your login succeeds, I will reread all the Frequently Asked Questions on your company's pricing page. Maybe I can figure out a way to add Command Line Advertising ("CLA") to MetalVPS. Just kidding!
Thanks for your post! Nice to meet you! Welcome to Low End Spirit!
We'd need to have your ed25519 ssh public key to give you an account. Also, since you are new, would you like to introduce yourself, please? Maybe you could tell us who you are and where you are from? What's your experience with Linux? And what would you like to do with your MetalVPS account?
Thanks for your post! Welcome to LES! It's great to meet you!
We need your ed25519 ssh public key to give you an account. Would you please post your key?
Also, since you are a new member, here's a great opportunity to share a little about who you are, where you are, your experience, what brought you to LES, and what you would like to do on the server.
Thanks again for joining LES and for posting here!
Hi @tssz2022! Welcome! Could you please post your ed25519 ssh public key? I haven't seen you around too much. Would you enjoy sharing with us a bit about who and where you are? How do you expect to use your account on the server? Thanks! Tom
Hi @tssz2022! Welcome! Could you please post your ed25519 ssh public key? I haven't seen you around too much. Would you enjoy sharing with us a bit about who and where you are? How do you expect to use your account on the server? Thanks! Tom
Welcome to MetalVPS! Your Alpine Linux shell account has been provisioned.
The ssh port has been changed from port 22 to port 42365. You should be able to log in via IPv4 or IPv6 with your ssh key using a command something like:
When you have time, please post again to let us know whether you got in successfully.
Password login has been disabled, but your account still does have a password. You might need the password if we enable sudo. You can find your password in a file in your home directory. Please feel free to change your password.
Please remember, what's on the server is the default installation of Alpine 3.17 edge with Lynx browser added. Only the "main" repository has been enabled. Additions will happen as people want and need them.
If you have any questions at all, please feel free to post here in this thread. However, when privacy is needed, you are welcome to send me a PM.
@Not_Oles said:
If you have any questions at all, please feel free to post here in this thread. However, when privacy is needed, you are welcome to send me a PM.
You can enable mail command that allows user accounts to send email to each other.
Internal mails do not require port 25 and cannot cause abuse.
It's a more Unixy way than going through the forum.
We accept Karma donations for the last flan. 🍮 affbrr
@Not_Oles said:
If you have any questions at all, please feel free to post here in this thread. However, when privacy is needed, you are welcome to send me a PM.
You can enable mail command that allows user accounts to send email to each other.
Internal mails do not require port 25 and cannot cause abuse.
It's a more Unixy way than going through the forum.
Agreed! The main reason for going through LES is that using our forum provides the potential for everyone here to benefit and to participate. As you know, there's also what's left of talk and IRC. If you believe there might be any issue with conducting the Free Alpine Shell project discussions here at LES, please do let me know. As always, I will think carefully about anything you say. Thanks for always trying to be helpful!
@Not_Oles said:
If you have any questions at all, please feel free to post here in this thread. However, when privacy is needed, you are welcome to send me a PM.
You can enable mail command that allows user accounts to send email to each other.
Internal mails do not require port 25 and cannot cause abuse.
It's a more Unixy way than going through the forum.
Agreed! The main reason for going through LES is that using our forum provides the potential for everyone here to benefit and to participate. As you know, there's also what's left of talk and IRC. If you believe there might be any issue with conducting the Free Alpine Shell project discussions here at LES, please do let me know. As always, I will think carefully about anything you say. Thanks for always trying to be helpful!
Forum posts are useful for everyone to learn.
PM may be replaced by mail command, which is more geeky.
We accept Karma donations for the last flan. 🍮 affbrr
Your password is in a file that you will be able to see when you log in. Please change your password.
Please let us know when you successfully log in or if something happens that you cannot.
If you wish, please help us get to know you better by sharing a little about who and where you are, your computer experience, and what you plan to do with your shell account.
Thank you, Tom. I was able to login and change my password successfully. I work as a freelance web developer. I plan on using the shell account to experiment with alpine linux.
On our default install of Alpine 3.17 edge, who is a symlink to busybox. who seems to work with the -H flag at least enough to print headers, but who does not seem to list logged in users with the -a flag or without any flags.
The busybox who source linked below (the last of the listed references) doesn't seem to require coreutils, but maybe I missed something.
Would some kind soul please explain why who shows the headers with the -H option but doesn't show me and others besides me who may also be logged in?
Thanks!
Tom
fmt:~# which who
/usr/bin/who
fmt:~# ls -l /usr/bin/who
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Dec 11 02:00 /usr/bin/who -> /bin/busybox
fmt:~# who
fmt:~# who -a
fmt:~# who -H
USER TTY IDLE TIME HOST
fmt:~# apk info | grep coreutils
fmt:~# apk info | wc
84 84 940
fmt:~#
@arifur said:
Thank you, Tom. I was able to login and change my password successfully. I work as a freelance web developer. I plan on using the shell account to experiment with alpine linux.
It's great that you got in! Thank you for posting to let us know!
By the way, I have a friend who is looking for a freelance web developer. She is a very nice person who has an established professional practice. I can't make any promises, but, if you post or PM your website, maybe my friend might be interested in utilizing your skills.
Please feel free to post here if you have any questions about your MetalVPS Alpine shell account.
On our default install of Alpine 3.17 edge, who is a symlink to busybox. who seems to work with the -H flag at least enough to print headers, but who does not seem to list logged in users with the -a flag or without any flags.
The busybox who source linked below (the last of the listed references) doesn't seem to require coreutils, but maybe I missed something.
Would some kind soul please explain why who shows the headers with the -H option but doesn't show me and others besides me who may also be logged in?
Thanks!
Tom
fmt:~# which who
/usr/bin/who
fmt:~# ls -l /usr/bin/who
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Dec 11 02:00 /usr/bin/who -> /bin/busybox
fmt:~# who
fmt:~# who -a
fmt:~# who -H
USER TTY IDLE TIME HOST
fmt:~# apk info | grep coreutils
fmt:~# apk info | wc
84 84 940
fmt:~#
Hello Tom,
May I suggest podman. Unlike docker, podman does not require root privileges to run containers. Its great for experimenting with containers. I dont know how well it runs on Alpine Linux.
Hi @tssz2022! Welcome! Could you please post your ed25519 ssh public key? I haven't seen you around too much. Would you enjoy sharing with us a bit about who and where you are? How do you expect to use your account on the server? Thanks! Tom
Welcome to MetalVPS! Your Alpine Linux shell account has been provisioned.
The ssh port has been changed from port 22 to port 42365. You should be able to log in via IPv4 or IPv6 with your ssh key using a command something like:
When you have time, please post again to let us know whether you got in successfully.
Password login has been disabled, but your account still does have a password. You might need the password if we enable sudo. You can find your password in a file in your home directory. Please feel free to change your password.
Please remember, what's on the server is the default installation of Alpine 3.17 edge with Lynx browser added. Only the "main" repository has been enabled. Additions will happen as people want and need them.
If you have any questions at all, please feel free to post here in this thread. However, when privacy is needed, you are welcome to send me a PM.
Thanks again for asking for an account!
Have fun on the server!
Best!
Tom
Thk. I can login successfully. How to build a websites?
Hi @Nubuki! Nice to meet you! Yes, accounts remain available. Since some of us haven't yet had much chance to get to know you, maybe you might like to share a little about who and where you are plus also what you plan to do with your account? Thanks! Best wishes!
Hi @Nubuki! Nice to meet you! Yes, accounts remain available. Since some of us haven't yet had much chance to get to know you, maybe you might like to share a little about who and where you are plus also what you plan to do with your account? Thanks! Best wishes!
I'm a college student from Nigeria
I'm thinking of trying out a Linux system that isn't Ubuntu, debian or fedora plus it seems fun
Hi @Nubuki! Nice to meet you! Yes, accounts remain available. Since some of us haven't yet had much chance to get to know you, maybe you might like to share a little about who and where you are plus also what you plan to do with your account? Thanks! Best wishes!
I'm a college student from Nigeria
I'm thinking of trying out a Linux system that isn't Ubuntu, debian or fedora plus it seems fun
Excellent! Wanna post or PM your ed25519 ssh public key? Thanks!
Hi @Nubuki! Nice to meet you! Yes, accounts remain available. Since some of us haven't yet had much chance to get to know you, maybe you might like to share a little about who and where you are plus also what you plan to do with your account? Thanks! Best wishes!
I'm a college student from Nigeria
I'm thinking of trying out a Linux system that isn't Ubuntu, debian or fedora plus it seems fun
Excellent! Wanna post or PM your ed25519 ssh public key? Thanks!
@Not_Oles said:
Hi @iaecm! Could you please share about what you are running on the server? It looks interesting! Thanks!
Sure, first I have to say the project is much interesting what I think.
I found that the server itself has public ip address and ports higher than 1024 are not forbidden by firewall. In other word, non-root user is able to bind and listen to those ports. So I use nc to setup a one http server, as it's the geek style to demonstrate that the port is accessable and public to users. The command I use is:
while true; do echo -e "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\n\nHello，\n\t各位seeker，现在时间是：\n\t$(TZ="UST-8" date +%c)\n\tFrom 大帅哥@nodeseek.com" | nc -l -p 2333; done
You can access this http service via curl:
curl -s 23.134.88.226:2333
In order to keep it running in case of reboot break the service or some thing else. I use cron as simple guard process:
About setting up your nginx that you mentioned, we do have extra IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, so maybe you could use one or more of those. I have to look around about setting up VMs. I'm not sure that qemu works on Alpine, I'm not sure about LXC, either. I think Xen is supposed to work, but I haven't checked. As you know, this is my first time with Alpine.
Before too long I want to add more software, including a compiler and a debugger. If there are other things people want, we can install them too. Maybe change the OS at some point if people want.
Any chance you could give me some help on the question I asked about why who doesn't work?
It's nice to see someone doing something fun on the server. You made my day! Thank you!
@19930618 said:
I would also love to try one of the accounts. Thank you
Hey! Hello 19930618!
Glad to see you posting here! You're new here at LES, from April, and you only have visited a few times. Would you like, please, to introduce yourself by telling us a bit about who and where you are, your computer experience, and what you want to do on the server? Also, could you please post or PM your ed25519 public key? Thanks so much!
Well, I think you might be able to do your website on our server, but it could be a little tricky unless you have a good bit of experience. Are you planning to use a php framework? If yes, which one?
@Not_Oles said:
May I please ask how you decided on port 2333?
Thanks!
The number 2333 or 233 (or 233333 etc.) is Chinese version of Lol or Lmao, means big laughing. Here is a nice answer from quora FYI:
To know what 2333 means, let's get to know how 2333 comes from. In the original cat poop forum, the 233 expression is a laughing look, this expression is very common, so people often use 233 directly to express happy laughter and so on. And this word, eventually from the cat poke forum, flows to the current network environment. The founding webmaster of Mao Pu Net introduced some dynamic icons based on Yanwen from Japan as forum expressions. He added numbers to the series of expressions, ranging from 001 to 999, totaling 999. However, in daily discussions, the expressions we often use are relatively concentrated, including 011, 023, 039, 233, 253, 874 and so on. Among them, the 233 facial expression is a facial expression with a big laugh and thumping. It is commonly used to express the meaning of "it's too funny".
The expression is like this:
About who not working on alpine, I don't have too much experience on this situation neither. After all, alpine is used more in docker and personal dev case rather than server for multiple users. Maybe I dig some infomation and do some research later about it. If something helpful is found, I'll post it here.
Extra IPv4 and IPv6 addresses is not needed, I think I can manage to use Cloudflare Origin Rules to make the (future) website work. But a compiler will be much helpful, otherwise I have to static build nginx on other machine and copy it on to here (or use caddy as http server).
Thx for your work again @Not_Oles, the process to explore the non-root alpine shell is quite enjoyable.
@iaecm said: In the original cat poop forum, the 233 expression is a laughing look
That's very funny! LOL! 233! 哈哈哈! 😸
For even more fun, I had found some pages suggesting that Port 2333 might be involved with Windows malware When I first saw port 2333, that's what I imagined you might be doing. 哈哈哈 Ersansan! 😸
I will work on the who problem a bit more, and then, if I don't get it, I will ask the guys at Alpine.
Comments
Hello @Not_Oles thank you for taking the time to answer me I was worry that you forgotten me
my name is Mohamed I am from Algeria a software engineer and msc computer science student for the VPS I want to play and learn a little about alpine and use it from time to time for my study if I need resource heavy work as AI or deep learning or bigdata of course for a very little time only
for the company on my profile I am the founder of that business
thank you Tom
Where Tech Minds Converge! https://betanet.net/
Hi @toumi111!
Thanks for the intro! Good luck with your business venture!
Your MetalVPS account seems to have been provisioned! You might find your password in your home directory when you log in. Password login has been disabled, but you might need your password for sudo if/when we add sudo. Please feel free to change your password.
You should be able to get in with your ssh key via IPv4 or IPv6 using something like:
ssh [email protected] -p 42365When you have time, I would appreciate it if you would try logging in and then please do let us know if it works.
While I am waiting to find out whether your login succeeds, I will reread all the Frequently Asked Questions on your company's pricing page. Maybe I can figure out a way to add Command Line Advertising ("CLA") to MetalVPS.
Just kidding! 
Good luck on the server! Have fun!
Best wishes and kindest regards,
Tom
Sweet. I will try that tomorrow. Thank you @Not_Oles
thank you Tom I've logged in successfully
Where Tech Minds Converge! https://betanet.net/
Excellent! Thank you for your report!
Accounts provisioned for @Fritz and @gomi. Login info sent via PM. Have fun! Best wishes!
Nice. How does this work?
Hi @geo! Welcome to LES! Thanks for posting!
Please read the original post in this thread at https://lowendspirit.com/discussion/5054/free-alpine-linux-shell-accounts
It's also okay to read the full two pages of the thread.
Then please feel free to make another post if you still have any questions. Thanks again!
Best wishes!
Tom
Hi Tom,
I have login successfully.
Wonderful.
https://microlxc.net/
Excellent! Glad it works for you!
I am excited to try this. Thanks!
Hi @princevladimir!
Thanks for your post! Nice to meet you! Welcome to Low End Spirit!
We'd need to have your ed25519 ssh public key to give you an account. Also, since you are new, would you like to introduce yourself, please? Maybe you could tell us who you are and where you are from? What's your experience with Linux? And what would you like to do with your MetalVPS account?
I'm looking forward to hearing more from you!
Best wishes and kindest regards,
Tom
I hope to try this .
@Not_Oles Yes, I have login successfully too. Nice work, I'll value this accont
Hi @jnbrwn!
Thanks for your post! Welcome to LES! It's great to meet you!
We need your ed25519 ssh public key to give you an account. Would you please post your key?
Also, since you are a new member, here's a great opportunity to share a little about who you are, where you are, your experience, what brought you to LES, and what you would like to do on the server.
Thanks again for joining LES and for posting here!
Best wishes and kindest regards,
Tom
ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIMFiV6caOiSmACaBBdAstHxekXC6bJHszVud8hI6Qmw/ ed25519 256-121322
I'm from China.I'm interested in the Apline Shell .I want to play with and learn more about it.
A song about how hot the server rooms can become if the air condition breaks down:
🔧 BikeGremlin guides & resources
Hi again @tssz2022!
Welcome to MetalVPS! Your Alpine Linux shell account has been provisioned.
The ssh port has been changed from port 22 to port 42365. You should be able to log in via IPv4 or IPv6 with your ssh key using a command something like:
ssh [email protected] -p 42365When you have time, please post again to let us know whether you got in successfully.
Password login has been disabled, but your account still does have a password. You might need the password if we enable
sudo. You can find your password in a file in your home directory. Please feel free to change your password.Please remember, what's on the server is the default installation of Alpine 3.17 edge with Lynx browser added. Only the "main" repository has been enabled. Additions will happen as people want and need them.
If you have any questions at all, please feel free to post here in this thread. However, when privacy is needed, you are welcome to send me a PM.
Thanks again for asking for an account!
Have fun on the server!
Best!
Tom
You can enable
mailcommand that allows user accounts to send email to each other.Internal mails do not require port 25 and cannot cause abuse.
It's a more Unixy way than going through the forum.
We accept Karma donations for the last flan. 🍮 affbrr
Agreed! The main reason for going through LES is that using our forum provides the potential for everyone here to benefit and to participate. As you know, there's also what's left of talk and IRC. If you believe there might be any issue with conducting the Free Alpine Shell project discussions here at LES, please do let me know. As always, I will think carefully about anything you say. Thanks for always trying to be helpful!
Guys!
Does anyone else want a Free Alpine Linux shell account? We now have 9 accounts, and more are available.
Best wishes and kindest regards,
Tom
@Not_Oles can login successfully. Will start exploring the Alpine range!
Thanks for your report! Delighted to have you with us!
Forum posts are useful for everyone to learn.
PM may be replaced by
mailcommand, which is more geeky.We accept Karma donations for the last flan. 🍮 affbrr
May I get one? DMed ssh keys
Welcome @arifur!
It's great to meet you! Thanks for requesting an account!
Your MetalVPS Alpine shell account has been provisioned. You should be able to get in via IPv4 or IPv6 with something like:
ssh [email protected] -p 42365Your password is in a file that you will be able to see when you log in. Please change your password.
Please let us know when you successfully log in or if something happens that you cannot.
If you wish, please help us get to know you better by sharing a little about who and where you are, your computer experience, and what you plan to do with your shell account.
Have fun on the server!
Tom
Thank you, Tom. I was able to login and change my password successfully. I work as a freelance web developer. I plan on using the shell account to experiment with alpine linux.
Hi Guys!
On our default install of Alpine 3.17 edge,
whois a symlink to busybox.whoseems to work with the -H flag at least enough to print headers, butwhodoes not seem to list logged in users with the -a flag or without any flags.The busybox
whosource linked below (the last of the listed references) doesn't seem to require coreutils, but maybe I missed something.Would some kind soul please explain why
whoshows the headers with the -H option but doesn't show me and others besides me who may also be logged in?Thanks!
Tom
References:
BusyBox man page
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/600630/how-to-view-all-currently-logged-in-users-on-alpine-linux
https://askubuntu.com/questions/750876/how-to-replace-gnu-core-utilities-with-busybox
https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Alpine_Package_Keeper
https://git.busybox.net/busybox/
https://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/coreutils/who.c
Hi again @arifur!
It's great that you got in! Thank you for posting to let us know!
By the way, I have a friend who is looking for a freelance web developer. She is a very nice person who has an established professional practice. I can't make any promises, but, if you post or PM your website, maybe my friend might be interested in utilizing your skills.
Please feel free to post here if you have any questions about your MetalVPS Alpine shell account.
Best wishes!
Tom
At line 123 of who.c, something makes getutxent() return null?
Hello Tom,
May I suggest podman. Unlike docker, podman does not require root privileges to run containers. Its great for experimenting with containers. I dont know how well it runs on Alpine Linux.
Wiki: https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Podman
Thanks
Thk. I can login successfully. How to build a websites?
thanks, cool one!
Um is it still available?
Teehee!
Hi @tssz2022! I'm delighted to hear that you could log in successfully. Thanks very much for letting us know!
Can you please share a little about what type of website you want to build? Thanks!
Hi @Nubuki! Nice to meet you! Yes, accounts remain available. Since some of us haven't yet had much chance to get to know you, maybe you might like to share a little about who and where you are plus also what you plan to do with your account? Thanks! Best wishes!
Hi @iaecm! Could you please share about what you are running on the server? It looks interesting! Thanks!
I'm a college student from Nigeria
I'm thinking of trying out a Linux system that isn't Ubuntu, debian or fedora plus it seems fun
Teehee!
Excellent! Wanna post or PM your ed25519 ssh public key? Thanks!
Pmed
Teehee!
Pmed (in case you missed the previous message)
Teehee!
A php blog. It's like a wordpress.
I would also love to try one of the accounts. Thank you
Sure, first I have to say the project is much interesting what I think.
I found that the server itself has public ip address and ports higher than 1024 are not forbidden by firewall. In other word, non-root user is able to bind and listen to those ports. So I use nc to setup a one http server, as it's the geek style to demonstrate that the port is accessable and public to users. The command I use is:
You can access this http service via curl:
In order to keep it running in case of reboot break the service or some thing else. I use cron as simple guard process:
So, that's it.
In fact, I plan to compile a local nginx when I have some free time, and maybe code some python/nodejs program to play as well.
Some some notice:
It's better to change the read property for user home after first login, if user is careful about they file list.
Otherwise, curious people like me and @Not_Oles may read your file list by:
And do not use password as commandline arguments as other users could see it by default.
Hi @iaecm!
Thanks for your report!
About setting up your nginx that you mentioned, we do have extra IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, so maybe you could use one or more of those. I have to look around about setting up VMs. I'm not sure that qemu works on Alpine, I'm not sure about LXC, either. I think Xen is supposed to work, but I haven't checked. As you know, this is my first time with Alpine.
Before too long I want to add more software, including a compiler and a debugger. If there are other things people want, we can install them too. Maybe change the OS at some point if people want.
Any chance you could give me some help on the question I asked about why
whodoesn't work?It's nice to see someone doing something fun on the server. You made my day! Thank you!
Best wishes!
坦
Hey! Hello 19930618!
Glad to see you posting here! You're new here at LES, from April, and you only have visited a few times. Would you like, please, to introduce yourself by telling us a bit about who and where you are, your computer experience, and what you want to do on the server? Also, could you please post or PM your ed25519 public key? Thanks so much!
Best wishes!
Tom
Hi tssz2022!
Well, I think you might be able to do your website on our server, but it could be a little tricky unless you have a good bit of experience. Are you planning to use a php framework? If yes, which one?
Thanks for posting!
Best wishes!
Tom
Oh, I forgot something! To add to my above reply to @iaecm:
May I please ask how you decided on port 2333?
Thanks!
The number 2333 or 233 (or 233333 etc.) is Chinese version of Lol or Lmao, means big laughing. Here is a nice answer from quora FYI:
The expression is like this:
About who not working on alpine, I don't have too much experience on this situation neither. After all, alpine is used more in docker and personal dev case rather than server for multiple users. Maybe I dig some infomation and do some research later about it. If something helpful is found, I'll post it here.
Extra IPv4 and IPv6 addresses is not needed, I think I can manage to use Cloudflare Origin Rules to make the (future) website work. But a compiler will be much helpful, otherwise I have to static build nginx on other machine and copy it on to here (or use caddy as http server).
Thx for your work again @Not_Oles, the process to explore the non-root alpine shell is quite enjoyable.
That's very funny! LOL! 233! 哈哈哈! 😸
For even more fun, I had found some pages suggesting that Port 2333 might be involved with Windows malware When I first saw port 2333, that's what I imagined you might be doing. 哈哈哈 Ersansan! 😸
I will work on the
whoproblem a bit more, and then, if I don't get it, I will ask the guys at Alpine.Thanks again! Kindest regards from Sonora!