It takes several weeks to process the registration forms. If you've been waiting a long time and the postcard has not arrived, you may have forgotten to sign the form or include your Account Registration Number. If so, you will be mailed a new form to fill out. To avoid this delay, be sure you have both ARN and signature on your form. If you've received the postcard but can't log in, make sure you are typing the two letters of your account number in lower case, and typing the password exactly as you entered it when reserving an account online.
Case matters in the password.
If you've forgotten your password, please see the following question and answer. Please be patient, we are processing registrations as quickly as we can. Sorry, we cannot handle this situation via email. It would be too easy for someone to forge an email message to make it look like it came from you, asking for your password to be reset. No, GDFN doesn't provide unix shell accounts.