= Guest Access to porter machines =
People who are not DDs but are working on software in Debian can request
access to porter machines for short term (1-2 months) in order to resolve port
issues and the like.
The final decision about account creation remains with DSA.
== DMs/NMs ==
DMs (i.e. people who have their key in the debian-maintainers keyring) or
people already in the NM process can apply for a guest account through
the New Members site.
The following information is required to complete your request:
* Preferred username (in your NM profile)
* Machine(s)/Architecture(s) to which access is needed
* Short rationale as to //why// access is needed
Other information will be collected during the process.
A member of frontdesk will verify the information for correctness, and create a
ticket in RT (signed by the frontdesk member) asking DSA to add the new account
to LDAP.
== non-DMs ==
People who are not yet DMs or NMs will need to find a DD who is willing
to sponsor their request. People requesting access should already have
a track record of working on Debian for some time.
The guest applicant should supply several details (listed below) to this DD,
and the DD will sign this (clear signed, not PGP mime) and open a ticket
in RT (mail to admin@rt.d.o, put 'Debian RT' somewhere in the subject -
see wiki.d.o for more info).
This signing and resending is a sponsorship by the DD that the guest
account should be granted access to Debian resources, and should be
regarded as such.
=== Information guest needs to supply to sponsoring DD ===
* First/Middle/Last-name
* Preferred username
* Key **fingerprint** of the PGP key, which needs to be on the keyserver network. (fingerprint. Not a keyid. Not a link to a site that has a key or a keyserver. A fingerprint.)
* email address
* Signed agreement to abide by DMUP
* Machine(s)/Architecture(s) to which access is needed
* Short rationale as to //why// access is needed
=== Information sponsoring DD needs to supply to DSA ===
* DD-signed email containing above information
* Guest-signed agreement to abide by DMUP
== Notes ==
* Requests for "all architectures" are not acceptable.
* Requests need to be clear-signed. Request-tracker munges PGP/MIME. Also, the signed DMUP agreement needs to be clear-signed.
== Expired Accounts ==
Once an account has expired the user will no longer be able to log into
debian machines. If access is required again, creating a ticket in RT should
suffice to get it re-activated (The request should be sent by end-user and pgp signed).
Similarly, should access to other hosts become necessary a ticket in RT
can be opened.