Finally got a shell (zsh). Message from Ryan: shell access is a privilege here on TextDrive, not a right. Thank you guys. Environment: gcc 2.95 and gcc 3.2.3 (like gcc32), ruby 1.8.1, python 2.3.4. And some geeky zsh prompt for the final (not like Phil's prompt ), but still pretty useful:

PS1="[%B%n%b@%m:%h] - [%~]%$ " 
RPS1="[%D %T]" 

looks like:

[user@machine:112]-[~/www]>               [04-10-28 7:00]