How to access your Shell Account

This document describes how to access your shell account. When you have your CoreComm account created, you get your PPP account, which you use to access the World Wide Web and your graphical E-Mail programs. You can also get what's called a shell account.

You can access the shell account through an Internet connection using a "Telnet program". Telnetting allows you to be able to use your Internet connection for other things at the same time (such as browsing the web, chatting, etc . . .).

Contents
Important Terms
CoreComm Local Access Numbers
Part One: Windows 95/98
Part Two: Windows 3.1
Part Three: Macintosh
Part Four: OS/2
Part Five: Using your shell account

Important Terms

Login Name - This is the name that you signed up with. For example, if you signed up for the address johndoe@core.com then your login name is johndoe@core.com. The login name will also be the name used to dial into our PPP system (the "web") and for E-Mail.

As always, before using any CoreComm local access number, please check with the operator (dial 0 on a phone attached to the line you will be calling from) to ensure that the new number will be a local call from your business or residence. CoreComm is not responsible for any long distance charges incurred when using this service.

Part One: Windows 95/98/NT4/WinME/Windows 2000/WinXP

1. Click on the Start button, and click on Run...
2. Type in "telnet shell.core.com" (without the quotes), and press Enter.
3. A Telnet window will come up asking you for your login name. Type in your shell login name, and press Enter.
4. Then, when prompted for your password, type in your login password, and press Enter. (Note: when you type the password, the cursor will not move, or give you any indication that it is typing. It is, just be careful when you type.)

In addition, you can connect to shell.core.com using any telnet client you have. Here are instructions for two popular ones.

HyperTerminal
When you open HyperTerminal, you will be prompted to make a new connection, type shell.core.com as the name, select an icon, and then click "OK". A new box will appear, change the "connect using" to TCP/IP, and for the host/address type shell.core.com, click OK, enter your username, press return/enter, and enter your password.

PuTTY - available here.
Open the program, type shell.core.com for the Host Name, put a dot next to SSH, and then click OPEN at the bottom. A new window will appear, if this is the first time you have connected, click "Yes" to the security warning, enter your username and password.

Part Two: Windows 3.1

Windows 3.1 does not include a built in telnet program to access your shell account, however, you can download a telnet program from the Internet if you do not already have one. Tucows (the ultimate collection of winsock software) is probably your best source for telnet programs. You can download them here.

Due to the many different telnet programs, and the proprietary settings of each, we cannot give you step by step instructions for setting up each program. However, we will give you generalized information that you should be able to adapt to most telnet programs.

Note: The telnet program you use may or may not ask for all these settings. If it does not, don't worry, only fill in the ones it does ask for.

Part Three: Macintosh (mac)

The Macintosh platform does not include a built-in telnet program. You can either use Zterm, which is a communication program included on the Netscape Communicator CD (if you received this from us), under the Share directory and then the Zterm directory. Zterm can also be found on a lot of shareware disks that come with many common computer magazines. You can also download a Telnet program from TUCOWS. Go to the TUCOWS site to download a telnet program.

Because there are so many different telnet programs, with there own setup, we are not able to go into detail as to set up all the different telnet programs. However, we will give you generalized information that you should be able to adapt to most telnet programs.

Host name, domain, IP, site, or location:	shell.core.com
Protocol:	telnet
Port:	23
Emulation:	VT100
Username:	your shell login name
password:	your password

Part Four: OS/2

To access your shell account from OS/2, make sure you're connected to the Internet (CoreComm) and follow the following procedure.

1. Open up an OS/2 prompt.
2. Type 'telnet shell.core.com' without the quotes, and press Enter.
3. Where it asks for your login name, type in your shell login name; press Enter.
4. When it asks for your password, type in your login password, and press Enter.

Part Five: Using your shell account

Using the shell account from the menus is pretty self explanatory. However, there is no mouse support. To select a certain category, type in the character proceeding it and hit Enter.