====== Connecting to SDF Servers======

  * If you are a new user, you can use the form on the SDF Home page, or from a shell, ''[[using_ssh_for_connections_transfer_to_from_sdf|ssh]]'' to %%'%%''new@sdf.org''' to create a new account.
  * You can normally just log in to %%'%%''sdf.org''' for your use of SDF, but there are several servers, most of which, as a group, are known to SDFers as “The Cluster” (this term does not include [[the metaarray]]). These servers are listed in the SDF FAQ: [[https://sdf.org/?faq?BASICS?08|WHAT MACHINE DO I LOG INTO FOR SHELL ACCESS?]]

===== Password Recovery =====

It can be somewhat unclear, at first glance, how to actually use the SDF automatic password recovery routine once you have set it up with the\\ [[finding_help#sdf_specific_commands | SDF specific command]] ''maint''. Firstly, login as follows:

  * ''ssh new@tty.sdf.org''
  * Follow the prompts as you find them until you reach the response: What would you like to use for your login?
  * Do not enter a login, just hit enter on the keyboard. You will then get a command prompt which reads: ''FEP Command:''
  * Type ''recover'' at the prompt and hit enter. You will then be asked for the login that you want to recover. The rest is as you set it up in ''maint''.