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#1 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 09:20 AM

Are there any free unix shell accounts out there that someone can use
to practice shell scripting etc?

#2 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 09:20 AM

On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, nick wrote:

> Are there any free unix shell accounts out there that someone can use
> to practice shell scripting etc?

Yes: your own computer. Download Solaris (free) and install it.

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#3 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 09:20 AM

nick wrote:

> Are there any free unix shell accounts out there that someone can use
> to practice shell scripting etc?
>
Why not just by a cheap Sun box on e-Bay? Some come with Solaris
installed or you can buy a Solaris 10 media kit for $40 or download it
for free. For that matter, I have an old Ultra 5, 360MHz Sparc, 256MB,
~9GB disk, CD-ROM, floppy I'd part with. You'd have to find a Sun
keyboard and mouse for it and a monitor. I bought it to practice newly
acquired Sysadmin skills and have since upgraded to a trio of Ultra 10s.

#4 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 09:20 AM

nick wrote:
> Are there any free unix shell accounts out there that someone can use
> to practice shell scripting etc?

In addition to what others have suggested (buying a cheap Sun or running
Solaris x86 on your PC), take a look at the HP testdrive

http://www.testdrive.hp.com/

There you will find free accounts on machines running Linux, HP-UX,
tru64, FreeBSD etc. You will have to read the conditions of their use,
but I can't see anyone complaining about your intended usage.

If using the HP Testdrive site, I would be tempted to use a tru64 or
HP-UX machine, rather than a Linux/*BSD one, as GNU bash shell
(/bin/bash) has so many extensions that you will get into bad habits.

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#5 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 09:20 AM

nick napisa³(a):
> Are there any free unix shell accounts out there that someone can use
> to practice shell scripting etc?

Take a look at grex.cyberspace.org (just telnet there).
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