The shell of your bama account determines how you interact with bama.ua.edu.
Different shells are available depending on the needs of each account holder.
This is the shell needed by those who would like to use FTP to upload a personal web site to their bama account. The interactive shells are for those who need to be able to telnet into their bama account. This shell type does not provide extra account security. New accounts are now being created with the remote shell. However, users can change their shells at any time from any computer on the campus network by using the Bama Shell Change Web Helper .