NOTE: When you purchase a Freedom server, it will often be set up before the domain name registration process is completed. For this reason, you may need to connect directly to your server’s IP address for a few days until your domain name registration if fully processed. When logging in, you will also need to provide the login name and password that you received for your account.
To connect to your Freedom server, use your SSH or Telnet client to establish a connection according to the instructions included with your client program. Detailed tutorials for connecting via SSH and Telnet from a Windows PC are provided in the Freedom User Tutorials document.
Upon logging in, a welcome banner with text similar to the following appears:
Last login: Wed Sep 27 17:19:21
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The Regents of the University of California.
All rights reserved.
Welcome to Freedom OS!
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If you’ve made it this far, congratulations! You’ve successfully established your first connection to your Freedom server. The > symbol is called a command prompt and indicates that your server is now waiting for a command from you. (NOTE: The > symbol may appear as a %, $, or # sign depending on the user shell that you are actually using).
You can now begin navigating your system and issuing commands. Your commands are interpreted by a user interface program known as a shell. After a brief introduction to a few basic UNIX commands, we will discuss shells in a little more detail.