https://sdfeu.org/w/ 2026-04-17T02:19:46+00:00 https://sdfeu.org/w/ https://sdfeu.org/w/lib/tpl/incognitek_template/images/favicon.ico text/html 2011-04-30T16:51:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:basics?rev=1304182274&do=diff BASICS 01 WHAT IS SDF? (QUICK SUMMARY) 02 WHAT ARE SDF'S ORIGINS AND HISTORY? (LONG SUMMARY) 03 WHAT IS THE UNIX OPERATING SYSTEM? 04 WHAT ARE YOUR POLICIES? 05 WHERE CAN I FIND "HELP" ON USING THIS SYSTEM? 06 WHAT IS THE ARPANET AND INTERNETWORKING? 07 WHY CAN'T I USE FTP TO TRANSFER MY FILES? 08 WHAT MACHINE DO I LOG INTO FOR SHELL ACCESS? HOW MANY CONCURRENT LOGINS? 09 CAN I GET A LIST OF EDITORS AVAILABLE HERE? 10 WHAT IS COMMON SENSE AND HOW DO I USE IT? 11 … text/html 2012-05-01T18:14:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:basics01?rev=1335896093&do=diff [01] WHAT IS SDF? (QUICK SUMMARY) Welcome to the only all 64bit public access supercomputing center! The Super Dimension Fortress is a networked community of free software authors, teachers, students, researchers, hobbyists, enthusiasts and the blind. It is operated as a federally recognised non-profit 501(c)7 and is supported by its members. Our mission is to provide remotely accessible computing facilities for the advancement of public education, cultural enrichment, scient… text/html 2012-05-01T18:15:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:basics02?rev=1335896147&do=diff [02] WHAT ARE SDF'S ORIGINS AND HISTORY? (LONG SUMMARY) (For related information on SDF and the history behind this public access UNIX system, read "The HACKER CRACKDOWN" by Bruce Sterling) 1987 - SDF was originally an APPLE ][e microcomputer running "Magic City Micro-BBS" customized by Ted Uhlemann (iczer). The system was run as a Japanese Anime SIG and was known as the SDF-1. The SDF-1 at that time was just your typical BBS: One phone line plugged int… text/html 2012-05-01T18:16:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:basics03?rev=1335896171&do=diff [03] WHAT IS THE UNIX OPERATING SYSTEM? UNIX originated in 1969 when Ken Thompson, facinated with the game Space Travel, decided it would be easier to write an operating system for the DEC PDP-7 to run his game rather than to write a PDP-7 cross compiler on the lab's GE-645. UNIX inhereted features from MULTiplexed Information and Computer System (MULTICS), a project that Bell Labs, General Electric and RAND were involved in. However, Ken never bothered… text/html 2012-05-01T18:17:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:basics04?rev=1335896244&do=diff [04] WHAT ARE YOUR POLICIES? **limitations and policy** --------------------------------------------------------------------- The SDF Public Access UNIX System, a 501(c)7 non-profit corporation, reserves the right to deny access to anyone regardless if the user has made a donation or paid membership dues. If a user's activities are interferring with another user or users (on this system or on another) the user in question will have their account access limited or possibly removed. Spamming … text/html 2012-05-01T18:18:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:basics05?rev=1335896323&do=diff [05] WHERE CAN I FIND "HELP" ON USING THIS SYSTEM? If you would like help with the UNIX system, type "help". A small help menu with a reference to UNIX commands has been installed. To get a larger list of commands, type 'unix' at the shell. This FAQ handles most of the Frequently Asked Questions that new users have. If you can't find your answer here, you can always join the discussions on the 'bboard'. Also, a really great way to learn about this syst… text/html 2012-05-01T18:19:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:basics06?rev=1335896351&do=diff [06] WHAT IS THE ARPANET AND INTERNETWORKING? An internet describes just what it sounds like, an INTERconnected NETwork of networks. The word itself is an adjective. There is no INTERNET as an entity to speak of. What mass media calls "The INTERNET" was actually started in the late 1960's by the U.S. Defense Dept. Advanced Research Project Agency or DARPA. There is a great history surrounding the concept of internetworking and the initial 36bit computing s… text/html 2012-05-01T18:19:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:basics07?rev=1335896375&do=diff [07] WHY CAN'T I USE FTP TO TRANSFER MY FILES? Inbound FTP connections (via FTP, scp or sftp) are available to validated members and above. For more information about validation please type 'validate' at the shell. A slower, but still acceptable method of sending/receiving files from SDF can be found with the XYZMODEM tools. Infact, SDF used XYZMODEM for file transfers before we installed FTP. If you don't know about XYZMODEM, these are a protocol set for transfering files … text/html 2012-05-01T18:22:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:basics08?rev=1335896539&do=diff [08] WHAT MACHINE DO I LOG INTO FOR SHELL ACCESS? HOW MANY CONCURRENT LOGINS? If you are an SDF-EU member there is currently only one host which is 'odin.sdfeu.org' or just 'sdfeu.org'. This is due to the very small userbase and usage. In the future more servers will be added to 'sdfeu.org' as needed. If you are an SDF member, please keep reading. You may use the following aliases to access SDF: telnet/ssh: tty.sdf.org ftp/sftp/scp: ftp.sd… text/html 2012-05-01T18:22:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:basics09?rev=1335896560&do=diff [09] CAN I GET A LIST OF EDITORS AVAILABLE HERE? Here is a list of most of the editors available on SDF. To use one of these as a default, set the environment variables EDITOR and VISUAL with the path to the editor. ed Ken Thompson's editor (original UNIX editor) ex An EXtended ed line editor (between ed & vi) vi Bill Joy's editor (VIsual editor) nvi new vi bvi Gerhard Buergmann's VI based binary hex editor vim … text/html 2012-05-01T18:23:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:basics10?rev=1335896635&do=diff [10] WHAT IS COMMON SENSE AND HOW DO I USE IT? People tend to be more abusive or defensive while typing away on a computer keyboard. People are also more apt to being gulliable or confused by the text of others displayed on their screen. It is very important when you feel these exaggerated emotions to take a deep breath and think. Here are a list of 'common sense' notions that you should keep in mind when using SDF. 1. Don't tell your password to anyone. N… text/html 2012-05-01T18:24:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:basics11?rev=1335896666&do=diff [11] CAN I GET A LIST OF TERMS USED OR AN SDF GLOSSARY? Additional recommended sources: Try 'dict word' and also 'jargon' This is not a comprehensive list of terms used, but it should be enough to get you started if you are a complete neophyte. Keep in mind this is not a dictionary, but a 'glossary' describing how words are used in the scope of the SDF Public Access UNIX System. ACCESS Your membership level, permission settings for a file or y… text/html 2012-05-01T18:24:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:basics12?rev=1335896686&do=diff [12] WHAT IF I FORGET MY USER PASSWORD? CAN I RESET MY PASSWORD? If you have unfortunately forgotten your user password, it can be a bit of a pain on our behalf to figure out who you are and to ensure that your request to 'reset' your password is legitimate. BEFORE YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN YOUR PASSWORD login to the maintenance shell (type chfn or chsh) and select the 'set up password recovery'. When you have forgotten your password, you can then login as 'new' a… text/html 2012-05-01T18:25:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:basics13?rev=1335896723&do=diff [13] WHY DOES BACKSPACE AND DELETE NOT WORK HERE? The question should be: "WHY DO THE BACKSPACE AND DELETE KEYS WORK INCONSISTENTLY ON COMPUTERS?" The reason requires a history lesson, but you probably aren't interested in learning why it has become inconsistent and would rather just fix it and move on. If that is what you want, then type: $ stty erase '^H' - or - $ stty erase '^?' There is no way to know for sure which will work for you, so try them both. Alte… text/html 2012-05-01T18:25:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:basics14?rev=1335896759&do=diff [14] WHY DO I GET DOUBLE PROMPTS OR DOUBLE RETURNS WHEN I TELNET HERE? If you're asking this you are probably using Windows 2K or XP. The easiest solution is to not use Windows TELNET, but use a free SSH client such as 'putty' or to connect to http://sdf1.org/ssh If you can only use Windows TELNET, then you follow these simple instructions: 1. Escape back to the TELNET> prompt by pressing CTRL and your ] key. 2. type 'unset crlf' 3. press return TWICE… text/html 2012-05-01T18:26:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:basics15?rev=1335896790&do=diff [15] WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SDF.ORG WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE? The article was removed from Wikipedia on account of their policies and politics. Currently, there is a mediawiki copy at http://editthis.info/sdfpubnix. A text version can be found at gopher://sdf-eu.org/1/users/yargo/sdfpubnix. Principal maintainer is SDF user 'yargo'; people wanting to edit the wiki entry should contact him. It is hoped that the content will be maintained, kept current and hopefully find a home again on Wikipedia in the … text/html 2011-04-30T16:51:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:chat?rev=1304182307&do=diff CHAT 01 CAN I RUN AN IRC BOT HERE?? 02 CAN I USE AIM OR ICQ HERE? 03 IS THERE A CHAT SERVER OR FORUM ON SDF? 04 CAN I OPERATE MY SIG (SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP) HERE? back text/html 2012-05-01T22:13:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:chat01?rev=1335910395&do=diff [01] CAN I RUN AN IRC BOT HERE?? IRC BOTs are pretty intensive and most systems and networks ban them. In an experiment conducted in 1996 on this system, we allowed users to compile and run their bots. The result was hundreds of megs of disk space became occupied because each user insisted on having their own version of eggdrop uncompressed and untarred in their home directory. All physical memory was in use as ~45 eggdrop processes were running concurr… text/html 2012-05-01T22:13:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:chat02?rev=1335910414&do=diff [02] CAN I USE AIM OR ICQ HERE? YES! Use 'tac' to start AIM. use 'icq' to start ICQ. For AIM, you must already have an AIM account and password created (you can go to their website to create it). ICQ will allow you to create a new UIN or you can use your own. tac.conf holds configuration information for AIM .micqrc holds configuration information for ICQ Its best to have these files only readable by you (see BASICS for information on UNI… text/html 2012-05-08T15:14:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:chat03?rev=1336490041&do=diff [03] IS THERE A CHAT SERVER OR FORUM ON SDF? Yes, there are several ways to interact (chat) in real time with users locally: write - links and displays text on a specified user's TTY (commands cannot be sent to the user's TTY) msg - send messages between users on local or remote SDF servers Also will email messages if a user is not logged in. commode - SDF's official interactive chat system (local and remote) irc … text/html 2012-05-01T22:14:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:chat04?rev=1335910465&do=diff [04] CAN I OPERATE MY SIG (SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP) HERE? For the most part, yes. There are several system components such as the bboard, webforum, commode and irc where you can conduct your meetings and correspondence. You are also welcome to create your own methods via your personal webspace, VHOST webspace or the MOTD memberships. If you need a webforum for communication, you can use the SDF secure webforum for your SIG. Just email 'smj' for info. text/html 2011-04-30T16:52:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:dialup?rev=1304182331&do=diff DIALUP 01 WHAT IS THE SDF DIALUP/ISDN PPP MEMBERSHIP? 02 HOW MANY DIALUP NUMBERS? CAN I USE ANY NUMBER? (ROAM) 03 HOW DO I PAY MY MEMBERSHIP DUES? 04 WHAT IF I FORGET MY PASSWORD? 05 HOW DO @TENEX.ORG AND @SDF.LONESTAR.ORG EMAIL DIFFER? 06 IS THERE A TIME LIMIT? HOW MANY HOURS DO I GET A MONTH? 07 CAN I USE THE SDF SMTP SERVER TO SEND MAIL? back text/html 2012-05-01T22:17:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:dialup01?rev=1335910627&do=diff Does not apply to SDF-EU. Last revision: 86cf46df0f92520995cfb35f8473794c text/html 2012-05-01T22:17:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:dialup02?rev=1335910633&do=diff Does not apply to SDF-EU. Last revision: 7100204c2b93ecc55748d9b5901bba4f text/html 2012-05-01T22:17:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:dialup03?rev=1335910639&do=diff Does not apply to SDF-EU. Last revision: 5386059170c2b316a14dcd3a74a263b1 text/html 2012-05-01T22:17:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:dialup04?rev=1335910646&do=diff Does not apply to SDF-EU. Last revision: 156cb3e728bed6a4fe9e653ba816c246 text/html 2012-05-01T22:17:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:dialup05?rev=1335910651&do=diff Does not apply to SDF-EU. Last revision: d82f5d799dc2d7ecce49cc8c52e35dca text/html 2012-05-01T22:17:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:dialup06?rev=1335910658&do=diff Does not apply to SDF-EU. Last revision: 5740ea8bf0f8e7982da73b57c8c66b3b text/html 2012-05-01T22:17:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:dialup07?rev=1335910663&do=diff Does not apply to SDF-EU. Last revision: 6bee7a3bd48fbfbf27a33e3ca781dcba text/html 2011-04-30T16:52:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:email?rev=1304182348&do=diff EMAIL 01 HOW CAN I SEND INTERNETWORKED E-MAIL FROM HERE? 02 WHAT MAIL PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE HERE? 03 WHAT IS THE POP3/IMAPs AND SMTP SERVER ADDRESS HERE? 04 WHAT IS MY EMAIL ADDRESS HERE? 05 HOW CAN I MAKE A SECURE TUNNEL/CONNECTION FOR POP3/IMAP? 06 CAN I USE EMAIL WITH '@LOGIN.FREESHELL.ORG' OR '@LOGIN.SDF-EU.ORG'? 07 WHAT IS GREYLISTING? HOW DOES HELP WITH SPAM OR UCE? 08 HOW DO I CONFIGURE SMTP AUTH WITH AN EMAIL CLIENT ON MY COMPUTER 09 WHY IS INCOMING EMAIL SOME… text/html 2011-04-30T17:03:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:email01?rev=1304182991&do=diff [01] HOW CAN I SEND INTERNETWORKED E-MAIL FROM HERE? If you know a user's email address, then that is basically all you need. The mail readers most users prefer here are elm and pine. You can send email from within a mail reader, or directly from the UNIX shell with the mail or mailx commands. Say you wanted to EMAIL a person named "Bill Gosper". $ mail rwg@MC.AI.MIT.EDU Where rwg@MC.AI.MIT.EDU is "Bill's" ARPANET email address. When you are don… text/html 2011-04-30T17:03:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:email02?rev=1304183022&do=diff [02] WHAT MAIL PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE HERE? There are SO MANY mail readers, its unbelievable. Many share the same functionality, interface and commands .. pointless!! mailx System 7 standard mail client. Very minimal, but quick and useful. You could use it from a teletype. rmail (emacs -f rmail) East Coast mail / babyl reader pine West Coast mail reader. Actually incorporates MM (from TOPS-20) as its core, though you'd p… text/html 2014-03-12T09:57:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:email03?rev=1394618238&do=diff [03] WHAT IS THE POP3/IMAPs AND SMTP SERVER ADDRESS HERE? If you are going to use our machines for POP3/IMAP service *please keep your requests to 5 minute or longer intervals*. For both of these services, please use 'mx.sdf.org' or 'sdfeu.org' depending on which site you use. Your POP ID and password are the same as your login account. SMTP is now done by password authentication. Due to the method we've chosen, only VHOST,VPM and MetaARPA members m… text/html 2011-04-30T17:06:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:email04?rev=1304183193&do=diff [04] WHAT IS MY EMAIL ADDRESS HERE? The default is: yourlogin@sdf.lonestar.org You are welcome to use: yourlogin@freeshell.org Its really your preference. Both of these have MX (Mail Exchangr) records pointing to our SMTP server, so you'll get mail all the same by using either of them. You may also apply tags to your email address between your login ID and the @ sign. This is useful to determine where you've given out specific email addr… text/html 2011-04-30T17:07:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:email05?rev=1304183234&do=diff [05] HOW CAN I MAKE A SECURE TUNNEL/CONNECTION FOR POP3/IMAP? To do this, you must first be a MetaARPA member. Second, you must have a flexible SSH client on your computer that will allow you to create an ssh tunnel/tcp port forward rule. To set up a secure pop3 or imap tunnel, you'll want to issue a command on *your* computer similar to this: ssh -l -p 443 -n -N -q -L :mail: tty.freeshell.org -l Your SDF user id -p 443 … text/html 2011-04-30T17:07:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:email06?rev=1304183260&do=diff [06] CAN I USE EMAIL WITH '@LOGIN.FREESHELL.ORG' OR '@LOGIN.SDF-EU.ORG'? Yes you can! This falls under the Virtual POP3 Mailbox (VPM) service. This is the same feature that VHOST members have. Basically, your subdomain 'yourlogin.freeshell.org' or 'youlogin.sdf-eu.org' is FREE and is setup when your run 'addlink'. You can join the VPM membership level and then have 20 VPMs associated with your free domain name! Say you are 'Bob Grady' and your user id is … text/html 2011-04-30T17:08:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:email07?rev=1304183291&do=diff [07] WHAT IS GREYLISTING? HOW DOES HELP WITH SPAM OR UCE? SPAM that you receive can be forwarded to 'spam-bucket@sdf.lonestar.org'. This file is accessible to all users and the purpose of it is to help identify spammer networks and spam content. WHAT IS GREYLISTING? Greylisting is a passive approach to dealing with spam. It allows the SDF SMTP server to keep track of the SMTP servers that communicate with it. When SDF receives a connection from an unknown SMTP… text/html 2014-03-12T10:22:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:email08?rev=1394619772&do=diff [08] HOW DO I CONFIGURE SMTP AUTH WITH AN EMAIL CLIENT ON MY COMPUTER First - are you a VPM, DIALUP or MetaARPA member? If not, you will not be able to use our SMTP server. SDF and SDF-EU SMTP servers require the use of SMPT AUTH mechanisms CRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5 or NTLM for relaying. Your 'secret' is set with 'setdialup' or 'mkvpm'. Your 'username' will be your VPM or tenex.org domain. Alternatively you can set a RELAY IP if you have a static IP address … text/html 2011-04-30T17:09:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:email09?rev=1304183349&do=diff [09] WHY IS INCOMING EMAIL SOMETIMES DELAYED? WHERE IS MY MAIL? SDF has used UUCP (UNIX to UNIX CoPy) to transfer both incoming and outgoing mail since the late 1980s. This is referred to as a 'Store and Forward' method, so it is not always instantaneous. SDF does receive email directly using SMTP, but at the same time also uses a secondary host which queues up email via UUCP for pick up each hour via 'uucico' using the 't' protocol. The result: sometimes y… text/html 2011-04-30T17:09:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:email10?rev=1304183380&do=diff [10] CAN I ASSIGN ALIASES TO FORWARD TO MY MAIN ADDRESS? In a way, yes. Basically the delimiter to use is '+'. You can then use procmail (ARPA) to parse the To: header and route the email to a file, software or another address. By default, all email addressed this way will end up in your $MAIL file. Example: Userid is 'joe', email address is 'joe@sdf.lonestar.org' Aliases could be 'joe+private@sdf.lonestar.org' or 'jo… text/html 2011-04-30T17:10:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:email11?rev=1304183415&do=diff [11] HOW DOES THE SDF MAIL SERVER WORK? IS IT RELIABLE? HOW? INTERNET Electronic Mail on SDF is handled by the 'sendmail' daemon configured to answer up to 128 requests at a time. 'sendmail' implements the TCP/IP SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol). The server is at any given time working on 25-50 incoming/outgoing pieces of mail with a queue of just under 200 messages (as of 31-Mar-06). IS IT RELIABLE? Yes, it is reliable. However, it is not recommended… text/html 2011-04-30T17:11:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:email12?rev=1304183464&do=diff [12] WHAT ARE THE LIMITS ON SENDING EMAIL FROM SDF? There are no limits on the number of messages you can send from SDF as long as it falls within the guildelines of the AUP. That basically boils down to: Send messages to your friends all you'd like, but under no circumstances use the SDF mail server to send retaliatory or bulk/spam email. If you do this, you will lose your account ASAP. MESSAGE SIZE: Approximately 100MB, total size (header/body/attachments) … text/html 2011-04-30T17:11:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:email13?rev=1304183490&do=diff [13] CAN I ACCESS MY EMAIL SECURELY VIA THE WEB? Yes, SDF provides access to email using IMAP over a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) via the Squirrel Mail HTML interface. This application is highly customizable with many features. You can access the client: https://webmail.freeshell.org The certificate is self-signed at the moment, so your browser may warn you prior to you accepting it. Because this webmail interface is a bit experimental, you may find that … text/html 2011-04-30T17:12:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:email14?rev=1304183529&do=diff [14] WHERE IS PROCMAIL LOCATED ON THIS SYSTEM? The procmail executable is located on the mailserver. You will not be able to access it via an NFS client and it should only be called from your .forward file similarly to this: "|IFS=' '&&exec /usr/libexec/procmail -f-||exit 75 #$LOGNAME" For best performance and less of a burden on shared resources it is asked that you only do mail processing in /tmp or in $MAILDIR. Do not process mail in your home directory… text/html 2011-04-30T17:12:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:email15?rev=1304183568&do=diff [15] WHERE IS MY EMAIL!!?? ITS IN WEBMAIL BUT NOT THE SHELL! Its OK, your email has probably been sorted by the email client or protocol you have used to read your email. Some quick places to check for your email at the shell would be: $HOME/mbox $HOME/mail/mbox $HOME/Mail/received Traditionally your email is received and stored in what is called a 'spool file'. This file is defined by the $MAIL environment variable. 'mail', 'mailx', 'mutt',… text/html 2012-05-01T22:15:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:faq?rev=1335910514&do=diff FAQs BASICS SDF History and UNIX Basics - START HERE CHAT Questions about IRC, ICQ and such. EMAIL Questions about INTERNETWORKED EMAIL. GAMES Single and Multiuser GAMES. GOPHER Gopherspace questions and answers. MDNS Dynamic DNS with mdns.org MEMBERS SDF Membership Information and Responsibilities MISC Miscellaneous, Odd and Very Interesting Questions MOTD Coding, Journals, Forums and Galleries for UNIX Hackers MYSQL SDF's MySQL database server TEACH Using SDF to teach U… text/html 2011-04-30T16:52:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:games?rev=1304182369&do=diff GAMES 01 HOW DO I PLAY GAMES HERE? 02 WHAT INTERESTING MULTIUSER GAMES CAN I PLAY HERE? 03 WHAT INTERESTING SINGLE USER GAMES CAN I PLAY HERE? 04 HOW DO I PLAY HUNT? 05 HOW ARE NETRIS RANKINGS KEPT IN COM? back text/html 2011-04-30T17:13:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:games01?rev=1304183620&do=diff [01] HOW DO I PLAY GAMES HERE? Most games on SDF are located in /usr/pkg/games. They usually use 'vi' movement keys to play, which means h,j,k & l To get a list of most games, type 'games' at the $ prompt. back text/html 2011-04-30T17:14:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:games02?rev=1304183646&do=diff [02] WHAT INTERESTING MULTIUSER GAMES CAN I PLAY HERE? netris Two player tetris game. Most players hang out in 'com'. To start a game, one player will run 'netris -w' while the other runs 'netris -c sdf' mazewar Mazewar is a multi player hunt and shoot maze game. Players can come and go as they please. hunt Hunt is a bit more involved than mazewar. read the man page before entering. Its a bit like… text/html 2011-04-30T17:14:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:games03?rev=1304183670&do=diff [03] WHAT INTERESTING SINGLE USER GAMES CAN I PLAY HERE? nethack Based on 'hack' which was based on 'rogue', this 2D adventure game takes you deep into the depths of the earth where you will find the greatest treasures and most likely, your grave. sokoban 2D push and traps game. wand Wanderer is a 2D push and traps game, similar to sokoban but with incredible ASCII graphics. robots The robots… text/html 2011-04-30T17:15:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:games04?rev=1304183702&do=diff [04] HOW DO I PLAY HUNT? DEATHMATCH style games got their start in the late 1960's with SPACEWAR. HUNT is essentially a 2D multiuser maze game where the goals are: Blow up your friends and avoid being blown up yourself. Its not as complicated as it seems. Movement keys are: K H L J These are known as 'VI' keys and apply to most games. To fire a charge at an oppon… text/html 2011-04-30T17:15:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:games05?rev=1304183726&do=diff [05] HOW ARE NETRIS RANKINGS KEPT IN COM? When you play NETRIS matches in COM, player rankings are stored and tallied after each new match. Ranking is first by number of matches played, then by wins. This allows for the biggest winners and losers to be listed at the top. Only 20 rankings are listed and are considered for the HALL of FAME. The HALL of FAME is tallied at the beginning of each quarter (beginning 01-JAN). At that time, the ranking list is c… text/html 2011-04-30T16:53:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:gopher?rev=1304182387&do=diff GOPHER 01 WHAT IS GOPHER AND GOPHERSPACE? 02 HOW CAN I SETUP MY GOPHERSPACE? 03 WHERE CAN I FIND A LIST OF GOPHER SITES? back text/html 2011-04-30T17:16:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:gopher01?rev=1304183798&do=diff [01] WHAT IS GOPHER AND GOPHERSPACE? GOPHER is a network protocol that enables multiple servers to create a single, uniform filesystem that transcends system architecure and operating systems (GOPHERSPACE). With GOPHER, information holds the most value. Since presentation is uniform across GOPHERSPACE, the user does not encounter any challenges in 'learning' a new site. Because of its simplicity and its emphasis on the importance of informational texts, GO… text/html 2012-02-01T19:04:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:gopher02?rev=1328123069&do=diff [02] HOW CAN I SETUP MY GOPHERSPACE? This document was written with 'mkgopher' in mind. You may be managing your space from the UNIX shell, but since 'mkgopher' uses common UNIX commands, this should still be helpful. SETUP ---- This will create the directory for the top level of your GOPHERSPACE. Your URL will be "gopher://sdf.lonestar.org/1/users/username" (or "gopher://sdf-eu.org/1/users/username") where 'username' is your UNIX user id. During … text/html 2011-04-30T17:17:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:gopher03?rev=1304183864&do=diff [03] WHERE CAN I FIND A LIST OF GOPHER SITES? Checkout gopher://sdf.lonestar.org and follow 'Other GOPHER sites' back text/html 2011-04-30T16:53:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:mdns?rev=1304182406&do=diff MDNS 01 WHAT IS A DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM (DNS)? 02 WHAT IS DYNAMIC DNS? 03 HOW DO I SET MY DYNAMIC IP ADDRESS? back text/html 2011-04-30T17:18:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:mdns01?rev=1304183904&do=diff [01] WHAT IS A DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM (DNS)? Domain Name System (DNS) is the registration of a domain namespace with a TOP-LEVEL (root) domain name servers on the internet. There seems to quite a misunderstanding among internet newbies regarding what DNS is .. to make it clear, here is a short list of what DNS is and isn't. A DNS record lists: * The IP addresses for the domain and hosts associated with the domain. * The aliases associated with the … text/html 2012-03-21T18:33:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:mdns02?rev=1332354833&do=diff [02] WHAT IS DYNAMIC DNS? Dynamic DNS is basically an answer to someone who always wants 'xyz.com' to map to a changing IP address. Since there are a limited number of IP addresses available, many providers will assign their dialup, ISDN, DSL and cable subscribers an IP address taken from a pool of addresses that will only be assigned to them for the duration of their session. If your session is dropped or you reset your connection, you have a chance of losi… text/html 2012-03-21T18:36:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:mdns03?rev=1332354978&do=diff [03] HOW DO I SET MY DYNAMIC IP ADDRESS? Depending on your host's name, the command to set up your dynamic IP address is called either 'mdsn' or 'zdns'. If you are at sdf-eu.org, use 'zdns' else try 'mdns'. The syntax of both is equal. Simply run the command just as so: $ mdns 10.0.0.1 - respectively - $ zdns 10.0.0.1 Where 10.0.0.1 is your currently assigned IP address. Updates will occur within a minute of you running the command. text/html 2011-04-30T16:53:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:members?rev=1304182426&do=diff MEMBERS 01 WHAT ARE THE MEMBERSHIP LEVELS? HOW DO I BECOME ONE? 02 WHEN ARE MY MEMBERSHIP DUES DUE? 03 SUMMARY OF EXTENDED COMMANDS 04 HOW CAN I CHANGE MY USERNAME? CAN I HAVE MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS? 05 WHEN AND HOW ARE ACCOUNTS EXPIRED? 06 CAN I GET A HISTORY OF ARPA MEMBER VOTES? 07 HOW DOES MEMBER VOTING WORK? 08 HOW CAN I RUN X11 APPLICATIONS REMOTELY FROM SDF? 09 WHAT IS 'FREEIRC' SUNDAY ALL ABOUT? back text/html 2011-09-26T17:20:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:members01?rev=1317057635&do=diff [01] WHAT ARE THE MEMBERSHIP LEVELS? HOW DO I BECOME ONE? The best way to donate or to pay dues is to use PAYPAL.COM. The contact address via PAYPAL is 'support@sdf-eu.org' For the land mail address, go to the bottom of this file or type 'address' at the shell. Here is a break down of the SDF donation schedule. These are SUGGESTED amounts voted upon by the ARPA membership. In order to receive your premium, you must donate the suggested amount at the very least. FREE Default Shell (user… text/html 2011-04-30T17:20:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:members02?rev=1304184039&do=diff [02] WHEN ARE MY MEMBERSHIP DUES DUE? Membership dues reminders are sent to your SDF email address on the first of every month or the month of your membership anniversary. Dues notices will be sent out on the 1st of each month regardless of what day of the month you have joined the membership. Please note that when you join a membership, you are usually given a grace period of a few days to a couple week in order to sync your account with the 1st of the mo… text/html 2011-04-30T17:21:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:members03?rev=1304184090&do=diff [03] SUMMARY OF EXTENDED COMMANDS This commands are available to ARPA members. However, if you have not activiated your extended membership (by paying membership dues) then you will only get to 'play' with these commands. ;-) COMMAND MEMBERSHIP DESCRIPTION --------------------------------------------------------------------- mdns MetaARPA Update your dynamic DNS mkcron MetaARPA Manage your cron jobs setvmail MetaARPA Toggle domains you wan… text/html 2011-04-30T17:21:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:members04?rev=1304184117&do=diff [04] HOW CAN I CHANGE MY USERNAME? CAN I HAVE MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS? If you are an ARPA member, it is possible to change your username by making a one time donation of $10 to SDF. Please follow this procedure if you wish to change your username: 1. login as 'new' and create your new userid 2. send in your $10 donation via our PO Box or paypal and state the old username and the new username. 3. specify if you wish to have email forwarded from your old … text/html 2011-04-30T17:23:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:members05?rev=1304184183&do=diff [05] WHEN AND HOW ARE ACCOUNTS EXPIRED? user (both prevalidated and validated) accounts are the only login accounts subject to automated purges. These purges occur weekly and are based on your last UNIX login time if you are validated, or the number of days since your account was created if you are prevalidated. ARPA members are exempt from inactivity purges, though an ARPA member may lose their membership by violating the AUP. Prevalidated accounts are au… text/html 2011-04-30T17:23:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:members06?rev=1304184213&do=diff [06] CAN I GET A HISTORY OF ARPA MEMBER VOTES? ARPA member votes are usually called to help shape membership policies and dues. A vote will usually stem from a discussion on the BBOARD if the topic seems like a worthwhile voting topic. Votes are handled through the 'vote' command. 1994 SUSTAINING MEMBERSHIP DUES (pre-ARPA) A meeting was held at The Great Outdoors sandwich shop at Preston RD in Dallas. There were 10 SDF members in attendance. Stephen Jone… text/html 2011-04-30T17:24:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:members07?rev=1304184242&do=diff [07] HOW DOES MEMBER VOTING WORK? Voting on SDF is a non-regular privilege of the ARPA membership. Typically the 'bboard' is used to discuss new and current features and how members would like to see them introduced or updated. If 10 or more ARPA members are involved in a discussion, such as the review of membership dues, or creation of a new membership, then a vote can be called once a consensus as been reached. Voting works by majority rule and in the even… text/html 2011-04-30T17:24:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:members08?rev=1304184272&do=diff [08] HOW CAN I RUN X11 APPLICATIONS REMOTELY FROM SDF? The following is meant to be a generic setup which should work on most UNIX systems. If you have a non-UNIX setup, you might have to try some experimentation on your own or ask on the bboard. First of all, you must have the following: 1. Are you running X11R6 on your computer? 2. If you are firewall or NATed, do you have ports 6000-6063 open and forwarded to your computer's IP address? 3. Do… text/html 2011-04-30T17:24:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:members09?rev=1304184297&do=diff [09] WHAT IS 'FREEIRC' SUNDAY ALL ABOUT? Validated 'users' are permitted to access public, or private if authorized, IRC networks from 'ukato.freeshell.org' or 'sdf-eu.org' on any Saturday between 00:00:01 through Sunday 23:59:59 UTC. To access irc during this time, just type 'freeirc' at the shell. 'users' are expected to behave themselves and abide by the SDF AUP. All users using 'freeirc' 5 minutes prior to 23:59:59 UTC will be notified that the free… text/html 2011-04-30T16:54:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:misc?rev=1304182446&do=diff MISC 01 HOW OFTEN DO YOU BACKUP YOUR SERVERS? 02 CAN I TOUR YOUR FACILITIES? 03 HAS SDF EVER BEEN COMPROMISED? 04 WHERE ARE ALL THE BANNER ADS? 05 WHAT IS SDF'S TAX STATUS? IS MY DONATION TAX DEDUCTABLE? 06 DO YOU HAVE AN OMEN TECHNOLOGIES SOFTWARE LICENSE? 07 HOW MANY USERS HAVE BEEN LOGGED IN AT ONCE? 08 HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO RUN SDF? 09 WHAT SHOULD I DO IF A SYSTEM CRASHES OR LOCKS UP? 10 ARE THERE ANY SORT OF IDLE TIMEOUTS? 11 HOW LONG DO FILES STAY IN /TM… text/html 2011-04-30T17:25:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:misc01?rev=1304184355&do=diff [01] HOW OFTEN DO YOU BACKUP YOUR SERVERS? Back ups are done incrementally at a minimum of a weekly basis for MetaARPA members. The majority of files on the file servers get backed up at that time provided there is space. The priority is SDF specific files, then MetaARPA, ARPA and finally USERS. The only files that are not backed up are the ones in /tmp across all clients and servers. If you use /tmp for storage it should only be considered as short te… text/html 2011-04-30T17:26:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:misc02?rev=1304184390&do=diff [02] CAN I TOUR YOUR FACILITIES? Someday, yes! But for now, sorry, no. We have ASCII diagrams of what our setup looks like in ~ftp/pub/sdf. We're wanting to move into a warehouse (live/work space) and are going to build a raised floor machine room for all our computers. text/html 2011-04-30T17:26:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:misc03?rev=1304184419&do=diff [03] HAS SDF EVER BEEN COMPROMISED? The first time was in 1991 when a person from France dialed in to our machine (then running SystemVr3.2 1.0) and was able to get root (administrative) access. He promptly notified us. During our short lived stint of attempting to run SDF under 'linux' on IBM compatibles the system was compromised a number of times, but the individuals who did it were much more secretive and malicious. For each case users were forced to ch… text/html 2011-04-30T17:27:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:misc04?rev=1304184439&do=diff [04] WHERE ARE ALL THE BANNER ADS? To us, banner ads and advertising on the NET is a NEW thing. I personally (smj) did not want to see the commercialisation of the internet. Its VERY important to me that there are no banner ads and that SDF's 'web' presence remain stark and minimal. If you've noticed, I've only used non-text where its absolutely necessary. Once 'links' came around, I decided FRAMES were okay. Then I decided that they weren't OKAY agai… text/html 2011-04-30T17:27:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:misc05?rev=1304184468&do=diff [05] WHAT IS SDF'S TAX STATUS? IS MY DONATION TAX DEDUCTABLE? SDF is federally recognised as a tax exempt, non-profit organisation under section 501(c)7 of the internal revenue code. We do not, at the moment, hold a charitable status, as the IRS does not see us as a religious, educational (?), or other charitable organisation. We are viewed as a 'social club' that is supported by its members. Donations to SDF are not deductible beyond a standard deduction… text/html 2011-04-30T17:28:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:misc06?rev=1304184495&do=diff [06] DO YOU HAVE AN OMEN TECHNOLOGIES SOFTWARE LICENSE? Yes, we were granted a software license for the 'rzsz' file transfer suite in September of 2001. This is an educational software license and Chuck Fosberg was kind enough to extend that to include our Public Access UNIX System. Please note that taking any software from this system and using it on your own without permission is a criminal act. text/html 2011-04-30T17:28:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:misc07?rev=1304184522&do=diff [07] HOW MANY USERS HAVE BEEN LOGGED IN AT ONCE? Try 'maxusers' (-h for options). We only started keeping track of maximum concurrent user counts in 2001. But we have archived wtmp logs going back as far as 1993: 1 users in 1987 (1 telephone) 4 users in 1991 (4 telephone + console) 10 users in 1993 (10 telephone (later slip) 25 users in 1994 (10 telephone + slip) 50 users in 1995 (4 telephone + isdn) 100 users in 1996 (4 telephone + ds… text/html 2011-04-30T17:30:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:misc08?rev=1304184656&do=diff [08] HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO RUN SDF? So you're curious? Well, hopefully you'll be more willing to donate if you know what it cost to run SDF. I'm looking for ways to make this information a bit more public so that it will hopefully increase donations. In the old days, when we had 9 telephone lines, the cost was relatively high. GTE phone lines could be as cheap as $24 a month, but SWBell lines could be $9.99 a month. How? Because I stripped everyt… text/html 2011-04-30T17:31:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:misc09?rev=1304184707&do=diff [09] WHAT SHOULD I DO IF A SYSTEM CRASHES OR LOCKS UP? Hopefully this will not happen at all to you, but if you experience 'lock ups' or 'freezes', please follow these steps to help prevent your own data loss. Also, it is important to note that you do not have a direct connection to SDF and are mostly likely hopping through 10 or more networks to get to SDF. You can use ping and traceroute to measure lag between your computer and SDF. So, your experience of… text/html 2011-04-30T17:32:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:misc10?rev=1304184746&do=diff [10] ARE THERE ANY SORT OF IDLE TIMEOUTS? Yes, they fluctuate based on the number of users that are logged into the same machine as you. For the best spread of resources, try connecting to SDF using 'tty.freeshell.org'. Also, MetaARPA members using the server 'sverige' are pretty much exempt from these timeouts at the present time Number of Users Hours Idle ============================ 100+ 1:00+ 90-99 … text/html 2011-04-30T17:32:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:misc11?rev=1304184777&do=diff [11] HOW LONG DO FILES STAY IN /TMP BEFORE BEING DELETED? As a general rule files that have a creation date older than 60 days are candidate for deletion. This rule is flexible in in regards to space constraints (id est, the largest, oldest files go first). Each system has about 2048MB or more of /tmp space and is not NFS mounted. Please be thoughtful about what you put in tmp, while permissions you set on those files and what the current usage of /tm… text/html 2011-04-30T17:33:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:misc12?rev=1304184809&do=diff [12] WHEN ARE THE SYSTEM MAINTENANCE WINDOWS? WHY THE LOW UPTIME? Typically the SDF Public Access UNIX System is available to its members and, in some cases, the general public 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, 10 years a decade, 25 years a quarter century .. and so on. That being said there are unforeseen issues that can cause the system to become unavailable: 1. Hard Disk Crash - We have several spare drives, some of them alre… text/html 2011-04-30T17:33:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:misc13?rev=1304184834&do=diff [13] WHY DOES SFTP / SCP STOP WORKING FOR ME? To use SFTP or SCP you must first be an ARPA member. If you are an ARPA member, then please continue reading. What did you change? Both sftp and scp use 'sftp-server' via the ssh session you establish. Any output from the /etc/motd and your ENV setup files (.login, .profile .. et cetera) are read into a buffer and not output to your SFTP / SCP client. Because of this, the server may exit abruptly citing: … text/html 2011-04-30T16:54:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:motd?rev=1304182464&do=diff MOTD 01 WHAT IS THE MOTD MEMBERSHIP? 02 WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF HAVING A JOURNAL, GALLERY, ET CETERA SDF? 03 WHAT ARE THE MOTD COMMANDS? WHERE ARE THE MOTD DIRECTORIES? back text/html 2011-04-30T17:34:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:motd01?rev=1304184898&do=diff [01] WHAT IS THE MOTD MEMBERSHIP? The MOTD membership is a special privileged membership for SDF users who are primarily interested in 'web based' journals, forums, wikis, galleries and more. The primary focus is to allow members to collaborate together and produce/maintain the best possible code in regards to performance and security. MOTD members can just be users as well, but the coding aspect may be attractive to UNIX savvy users. (MOTD = Messag… text/html 2011-04-30T17:35:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:motd02?rev=1304184923&do=diff [02] WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF HAVING A JOURNAL, GALLERY, ET CETERA SDF? The single most important aspect of this all is that you and you alone own and retain all rights to your content. There are many commercial sites on the INTERNET these days and while they offer you services without taking your money, they aren't necessarily free. In nearly all cases you are forced to accept an end user agreement that releases all rights to what you put on their servers. … text/html 2011-04-30T17:35:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:motd03?rev=1304184953&do=diff [03] WHAT ARE THE MOTD COMMANDS? WHERE ARE THE MOTD DIRECTORIES? The main MOTD command is 'motd'. It current does: motd -l Lists all available packages and versions motd -i Installs are particular package motd -a Allows you to update your http://motd.org listing /sys/motd is the location for the source distributions. Not all files need to be in the RCS, only files that have been edited or added by members should be in the RCS. … text/html 2011-04-30T16:54:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:mysql?rev=1304182482&do=diff MYSQL 01 DO I HAVE ACCESS TO A DATABASE? 02 HOW DO I CONNECT TO MY DATABASE? 03 IS THERE AN SQL PRIMER I CAN USE? 04 HOW DO I BACKUP OR RESTORE MY MYSQL DATABASE? back text/html 2011-04-30T17:36:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:mysql01?rev=1304184995&do=diff [01] DO I HAVE ACCESS TO A DATABASE? If you are a VHOST member or you have donated for DATABASE for access, then you have access to the SDF MySQL database server (running on ol.freeshell.org or sdf-eu.org). By default your database/user isn't created until you request one created by emailing 'smj' If you are not a VHOST member, you can still request a database by joining the DBA membership. You will be allocated 100mb of storage for your database, … text/html 2011-04-30T17:37:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:mysql02?rev=1304185021&do=diff [02] HOW DO I CONNECT TO MY DATABASE? From any sdf machine, type: $ mysql -h ol.freeshell.org -u $LOGNAME -p $LOGNAME - OR - $ mysql -h sdf-eu.org -u $LOGNAME -p $LOGNAME A short cut called 'startsql' has been created for you so you don't have to type the command above. You will be prompted for a password, which by default is your user login. (Please read the sentence and take its meaning literally!) If you wish to chan… text/html 2011-04-30T17:37:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:mysql03?rev=1304185057&do=diff [03] IS THERE AN SQL PRIMER I CAN USE? MySQL conforms pretty much to SQL92. There are many documents/tutorials/faqs available on the net .. besides that, its beyond the scope of the SDF FAQ to cover this. HOWEVER, here are a few quick commands to get your started! The best way to learn SQL is by using it. (SQL commands are in UPPER CASE, objects are in lowercase) CREATING A TABLE ---------------- CREATE TABLE test ( name VARCHAR (15), … text/html 2011-04-30T17:38:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:mysql04?rev=1304185085&do=diff [04] HOW DO I BACKUP OR RESTORE MY MYSQL DATABASE? To backup your MySQL database: ------------------------------ From any SDF system type: $ mysqldump -h ol -u $LOGNAME -p $LOGNAME > backup_file_name.sql Note: ol is the short name for the MySQL host system, ol.freeshell.org To restore your database from a dump file: ------------------------------------------ From any SDF system type: $ mysql -h ol -u $LOGNAME -p $LOGNAME < backup_f… text/html 2011-04-30T16:55:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:teach?rev=1304182501&do=diff TEACH 01 CAN MY UNIX CLASS/STUDENTS USE SDF.LONESTAR.ORG? 02 HOW CAN I SETUP MY CLASSROOM ON SDF? 03 HOW CAN I BECOME A STUDENT ON SDF? 04 WHAT PROGRAMS AND UTILITIES ARE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS? back text/html 2011-04-30T18:52:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:teach01?rev=1304189571&do=diff [01] CAN MY UNIX CLASS/STUDENTS USE SDF.LONESTAR.ORG? Yes, and this service is available freely to you and your students. While membership is encouraged, it is not at all required of you. A number of UNIX classes have been taught using the SDF. From the basics of getting acquainted with the various shells, commands and environment to learning the VI editor, EMACS, sed and awk, SDF is an extremely flexible learning environment for students and hackers. p… text/html 2011-04-30T18:53:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:teach02?rev=1304189596&do=diff [02] HOW CAN I SETUP MY CLASSROOM ON SDF? *** Please have your students ssh to 'classroom.sdf.org' *** *** once they have logged in as 'new' to make their accounts *** There currently are no templates, but more than likely you already have your own syllabus, lesson plan and students all ready to go. All you need to do is send your syllabus/lesson plan to 'smj' and request that your classroom be opened. Once your class is approved you will be able to run the… text/html 2011-04-30T18:53:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:teach03?rev=1304189634&do=diff [03] HOW CAN I BECOME A STUDENT ON SDF? Do you have an instructor? Are you K-12 or in college? There are always going to be more students than instructors on SDF and if you are current enrolled you can propose the idea of using SDF to your conventional instructors and see what they think. Some of the benefits of having a classroom on SDF are: 1. Instructor/Students can manage their own accounts. Typically at community colleges, universities and s… text/html 2011-04-30T18:54:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:teach04?rev=1304189694&do=diff [04] WHAT PROGRAMS AND UTILITIES ARE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS? This is not a complete list of all the programs and utilities that are available. Listing those would be really beyond the scope of the faq. However, in /sys/classroom there some very specific programs that are most useful to students learning UNIX programming. Normally these programs are only reserve for ARPA member use. For more details on these tools, have your students run 'man program' gcc (… text/html 2011-04-30T16:55:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:techies?rev=1304182518&do=diff TECHIES 01 WHAT IS HACKING? 02 HOW DO I CONFIGURE MY ENVIRONMENT SETTINGS AT LOGIN? 03 CAN I USE SLIP OR PPP WITH SDF? 04 CAN MY BBS OR UNIX COMPUTER DO UUCP WITH SDF? WHAT IS LONESTAR.ORG? 05 HOW CAN I CHANGE THE SYSTEM TIME TO REFLECT MY TIMEZONE? 06 HOW CAN I ENABLE DEBUGGING WITH OPENLISP? 07 DOES SDF SUPPORT SSH AUTHORIZED_KEYS FOR AUTHENTICATION? back text/html 2012-01-13T00:07:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:techies01?rev=1326413259&do=diff [01] WHAT IS HACKING? HACKING is an educational process of working through a problem with limited knowledge to arrive at a solution which improves the individual's understanding of the problem. The word HACK (as techie JARGON) originated with the MIT Tech Model RailRoad Club (TMRC) in the 1950's. Members of the club would call their clever modifications to electronic switching relays 'hacks'. When the TX-0 and PDP-1 machines were introduced, the TMRC member… text/html 2011-04-30T18:57:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:techies02?rev=1304189878&do=diff [02] HOW DO I CONFIGURE MY ENVIRONMENT SETTINGS AT LOGIN? This file (.profile) is already setup for you with some generic defaults. In the file you will find information on customizing your session. You can edit the file directly using an editor (emacs, ed, vi or pico). Note that any changes to the file effect future login sessions. --- UNIX Shell HACKS --- If you are using the UNIX Bourne Shell or Korn Shell, you need to be aware of the ".profile" file in… text/html 2011-04-30T18:58:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:techies03?rev=1304189904&do=diff [03] CAN I USE SLIP OR PPP WITH SDF? Yes you can. You can find software and configuration guides in ~ftp/pub/internet. The majority of SLIP/PPP software configuration requires this information: nameserver=63.68.131.237 gateway=63.68.131.237 netmask=255.255.255.0 ip= Other less important configuration: host name=CPM (or whatever you want to call your computer) domain=lonestar.org POP3 server=mail.freeshell.org SMTP server=mail.freeshell.org SLIP/P… text/html 2011-04-30T18:58:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:techies04?rev=1304189929&do=diff [04] CAN MY BBS OR UNIX COMPUTER DO UUCP WITH SDF? WHAT IS LONESTAR.ORG? Yes. The SDF can also provide your BBS or UNIX host with an ARPANET domain. UUCP can be used to transfer files, email and USENET articles between two networked hosts. It is recommended that you read the UUCP setup text file ~ftp/pub/sdf/uucp/uucp_with_sdf for all the details. Also, the FTP directory can be accessed via ANONYMOUS UUCP using the "nuucp" login (no password). The UUPATH to th… text/html 2011-04-30T18:59:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:techies05?rev=1304189953&do=diff [05] HOW CAN I CHANGE THE SYSTEM TIME TO REFLECT MY TIMEZONE? You need to set the environment variable TZ with your timezone. SDF is set to UTC (universal earth time). If you want the system date to be offset to your timezone, try the following: $ date Wed Jun 23 18:26:20 UTC 2004 $ export TZ=CST6CDT $ date Wed Jun 23 13:28:22 CDT 2004 CST6CDT will offset system time to US Central time. For a listing of timezones, look in /usr/share/z… text/html 2011-04-30T18:59:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:techies06?rev=1304189992&do=diff [06] HOW CAN I ENABLE DEBUGGING WITH OPENLISP? For more information, check out /usr/pkg/uxlisp/doc/olus.txt (pgs. 71 & 72) First, you have to activate/load the debugger by calling '(debug t)' You can then get help in the debugger by typing '?' There are several functions used for profiling functions: 'profile' (profile function-name) 'profile-all' (profile-all) 'unprofile' (unprofile function-name) Reporting is handled by 'p… text/html 2011-04-30T19:00:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:techies07?rev=1304190027&do=diff [07] DOES SDF SUPPORT SSH AUTHORIZED_KEYS FOR AUTHENTICATION? Yes, to set this up, please follow these steps: 1. Run 'ssh-keygen -t dsa' on your host. This will create a public and private key pair. 2. Add the contents of the *.pub key to $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys 3. Be sure your $HOME/.ssh directory is not world or group readable: chmod -R 700 $HOME/.ssh You should now be able to login via SSH without being prompted for a password. text/html 2011-04-30T16:58:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:twenex?rev=1304182688&do=diff TWENEX 01 WHAT IS PROJECT TWENEX? HOW CAN I BECOME INVOLVED? 02 HOW DO I INSTALL MY OWN PROGRAMS FOR OTHERS TO USE? back text/html 2011-04-30T19:03:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:twenex01?rev=1304190216&do=diff [01] WHAT IS PROJECT TWENEX? HOW CAN I BECOME INVOLVED? Project TWENEX is a microcosm of the Free Software Movement and is comprised wholey of SDF members. The idea is to create a central catalogue of software for use on SDF and other systems. While there are no platform restrictions, it is required that all software is free of the restrictions of Open Source and other licenses. Why TWENEX? Because this is about HACKING and TWENEX (as well as other system… text/html 2011-04-30T19:04:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:twenex02?rev=1304190242&do=diff [02] HOW DO I INSTALL MY OWN PROGRAMS FOR OTHERS TO USE? MetaARPA members have the priviledge of being able to install and maintain their own software for others of the SDF community to use. This is the 'UNIX' side of project TWENEX (a web based gallery system for free software presentation and distribution sponsored by the SDF). Basic rules: * the software must be free (GPL is fine) * the software must be documented (unix manpage preferred) * the softw… text/html 2011-04-30T16:58:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:unix?rev=1304182710&do=diff UNIX 01 WHAT UNIX SHELLS ARE AVAILABLE HERE? 02 WHAT ARE UNIX FILE PERMISSIONS AND HOW DO THEY WORK? 03 MY TERMINAL GETS MESSED UP ON SOME PROGRAMS. WHATS WRONG? 04 HOW DO I UPLOAD AND DOWNLOAD FROM THIS SYSTEM? 05 HOW DO I CHANGE MY LOGIN PASSWORD? 06 WHAT IS A DISK QUOTA? WHAT ARE THE DISK QUOTA POLICIES ON SDF? 07 WHERE ARE PROGRAMS LOCATED ON THIS SYSTEM? back text/html 2012-05-02T18:18:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:unix01?rev=1335982718&do=diff [01] WHAT UNIX SHELLS ARE AVAILABLE HERE? A 'shell' is how you interact with the 'kernel'. The kernel is the software that translates your commands into instructions that the hardware (machine) can understand. The origin of the word 'shell' actually comes from MULTICS, which UNIX attempts to mimic. /bin/sh Stephen Bourne's Shell /bin/csh A shell with a C-like syntax /bin/ksh David Korn's Shell (default) /usr/pkg/b… text/html 2012-05-02T18:20:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:unix02?rev=1335982802&do=diff [02] WHAT ARE UNIX FILE PERMISSIONS AND HOW DO THEY WORK? UNIX treats directories, paging, memory, hardware devices, nearly everything as a FILE. Files have modes, and here they are explained. NOTE, this is just basic information and not complete. The following should be all you need to know about UNIX FILES. u g o l owner group bytes date file --------------------------------------------------------------- drwxr-xr-x 7 nova users … text/html 2012-05-02T18:21:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:unix03?rev=1335982865&do=diff [03] MY TERMINAL GETS MESSED UP ON SOME PROGRAMS. WHATS WRONG? You've either told UNIX that you're using a terminal emulation that you actually aren't, or you have a crappy terminal program that doesn't work right. You can find out what terminal UNIX thinks you're using by typing "echo $TERM". You can change this variable by editing the corresponding line in your ".profile" file. If you can do vt100 emulation, that's probably the best choice. If you find out … text/html 2012-05-02T18:22:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:unix04?rev=1335982955&do=diff [04] HOW DO I UPLOAD AND DOWNLOAD FROM THIS SYSTEM? You can use the sx, sb and sz (XMODEM, YMODEM and ZMODEM) for downloading and rx, rb and rz (XMODEM, YMODEM and ZMODEM) for uploading. You can download files by saving them into your home directory from your mail or newsreader, and then running them through whatever conversion programs are necessary to convert them to their original form (as discussed in #10 above). Then you can download them using "… text/html 2012-05-02T18:23:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:unix05?rev=1335983023&do=diff [05] HOW DO I CHANGE MY LOGIN PASSWORD? You can change your login password at the UNIX shell by logging in to 'ol.freeshell.org' via TELNET. Note that you can first ssh to 'tty.freeshell.org' to encrypt your session before telnetting to 'ol' The system will ask you to enter your current password and then your new password. Some suggestions for choosing a password are: 1) Try to use non-English words 2) use ESCAPE, CTRL or META characters along w… text/html 2012-05-02T18:25:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:unix06?rev=1335983135&do=diff [06] WHAT IS A DISK QUOTA? WHAT ARE THE DISK QUOTA POLICIES ON SDF? When you create an account on this system, you immediately have an allocation of 20 megabytes and about 500 inodes (or number of files) for your home directory, located in the /udd filesystem. You also have a 20 megabyte allocation in /mail, /www and /ftp (for gopher). Please note that the exception being /mail, which has a limited inode allocation of 5. When you get a message stating you have E… text/html 2012-05-02T18:16:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:unix07?rev=1335982566&do=diff [07] WHERE ARE PROGRAMS LOCATED ON THIS SYSTEM? Standard UNIX utilities can be found in: /bin /usr/bin Programs compiled and installed for use on SDF can be found in: /usr/pkg/bin Most games can be found in: /usr/pkg/games Programs authored and maintained by SDF MetaARPA members are in: /sys/sdf/bin The 'find' utility has been restricted to MetaARPA member use only. This was due to abuse by users, usually newbies, running find / … text/html 2011-04-30T16:58:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:usenet?rev=1304182731&do=diff USENET 01 WHAT IS USENET? HOW DO I GO ABOUT BEING A PART OF USENET? 02 WHAT ARE THE SDF SPECIFIC USENET GROUPS? 03 IS THE USENET SERVER ACCESSIBLE OUTSIDE OF THE SDF NETWORK? back text/html 2012-05-02T18:29:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:usenet01?rev=1335983350&do=diff [01] WHAT IS USENET? HOW DO I GO ABOUT BEING A PART OF USENET? USENET consists of thousands of topic related "newsgroups". Submissions to these newsgroups propogate via internetworked news servers through out the world. From the UNIX shell, create a file in your home directory called .newsrc. Add the list of groups you want to read like this: comp.lang.lisp: rec.music.makers.synth: comp.os.cpm: comp.36bit.multics: comp.36bit.twen… text/html 2012-05-02T18:30:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:usenet02?rev=1335983406&do=diff [02] WHAT ARE THE SDF SPECIFIC USENET GROUPS? In 1999 SDF migrated to the local.* to the sdf.* hiearchy. The current groups are: sdf.announce - moderated. SDF News and Announcements sdf.classifieds - Buy, Sell and Trade sdf.general - General discussions sdf.music - Listening and Making music sdf.requests - SDF Software install and update requests sdf.helpdesk - Users helping users text/html 2012-05-03T14:40:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:usenet03?rev=1336056030&do=diff [03] IS THE USENET SERVER ACCESSIBLE OUTSIDE OF THE SDF NETWORK? No, it is only accessible via the shell or either through a SDF Virtual Private Network (vpn) or a ssh tunnel. back Last Revision: 892e8687a43e6768d35c85cf747f9446 text/html 2011-04-30T17:00:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:vhost?rev=1304182808&do=diff VHOST 01 CAN I HAVE MY DOMAIN HOSTED HERE? CAN YOU HOST A COMMERCIAL SITE? 02 WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT DNS RECORD TYPES? 03 WHAT ARE THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DNS SERVERS? 04 CAN YOU REGISTER A DOMAIN NAME FOR ME? 05 WHERE DO I UPLOAD MY VHOST'ED HTML? 06 HOW DO I SETUP VHOST/VPM EMAIL ACCOUNTS WITH 'MKVPM'? 07 WHERE IS MY PRIVATE LOG FILE LOCATED? 08 CAN I POINT ADDITIONAL DOMAINS TO MY VHOST SPACE? 09 CAN I HAVE SEPARATE WEB DIRECTORIES FOR MY SUBDOMAINS? back text/html 2011-04-30T19:11:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:vhost01?rev=1304190715&do=diff [01] CAN I HAVE MY DOMAIN HOSTED HERE? CAN YOU HOST A COMMERCIAL SITE? Yes. SDF will do DNS (primary and secondary) for your domain and even host webpages for that domain if you so desire. There are basically three pacakges for ARPA members. DNS ($20 annual) Name Service for your domain. You can update your DNS record whenever you want and SDF will reload it every 2 hours evenly. REGIS ($15 annual) Domain N… text/html 2011-04-30T19:12:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:vhost02?rev=1304190741&do=diff [02] WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT DNS RECORD TYPES? This is a pretty quick and basic description. The most important records are the A, MX and CNAME. You can probably figure out how the DNS database entry works. SOA Start Of Authority. Is probably the most complicated portion of the DNS database to understand. SDF takes care of this record for you. A Address record. The IP address for a host or domain. MX Mail Exchanger. The h… text/html 2011-04-30T19:12:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:vhost03?rev=1304190771&do=diff [03] WHAT ARE THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DNS SERVERS? Please use: ns-a.freeshell.org 192.94.73.20 (primary) ns-b.freeshell.org 192.67.63.37 (secondary) back text/html 2011-04-30T19:13:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:vhost04?rev=1304190796&do=diff [04] CAN YOU REGISTER A DOMAIN NAME FOR ME? Certainly. We can register anything under most TLD (Top Level Domains) that includes com, net, org, tv, uk, info, cc .. VHOSTers who pay their dues annually are eligible for FREE domain registration in com, net and org. SDF is an open-registrar affiliate. The annual dues to keep a domain name registered is $15. The DNS membership is also included and can be set up with the 'mkvdom' command. Althoug… text/html 2011-04-30T19:13:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:vhost05?rev=1304190823&do=diff 05] WHERE DO I UPLOAD MY VHOST'ED HTML? When you run 'mkvhost' for a particular domain, you are told that your files reside in $HOME/html/domain.xxx for that particular domain. These follow the same conventions as any other directory .. you can create .htpasswd/.htaccess files, index.html et cetera Also, its important to note if you want to host say 'foo.com' and you also have a CNAME such as 'www.foo.com' you'll see that 'mkvhost' makes both a 'foo.c… text/html 2011-04-30T19:14:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:vhost06?rev=1304190849&do=diff [06] HOW DO I SETUP VHOST/VPM EMAIL ACCOUNTS WITH 'MKVPM'? Main reception and redirection is handled by the 'mkvpm' command. This will allow you to create POP3 mail accounts for addresses associated with your domain. You will also be able to create aliases so that you can have typical addresses (like sales@, info@, root@ .. et cetera) forward to another address or even your ARPA shell account. Keep in mind, you must use 'mkvpm' before any email reception … text/html 2011-04-30T19:14:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:vhost07?rev=1304190877&do=diff [07] WHERE IS MY PRIVATE LOG FILE LOCATED? All access requests for your domain (successful and failed) can be found in norge:/var/log/httpd/vhosts You will receive a detailed summary once a month of your usage when the logfiles are archived (see norge:/var/log/httpd/vhosts/ARCHIVE) The previously archived log has a .o appended to it in the ARCHIVE directory, while the latest archive does not. Daily detailed usage stats of all VHOST members are posted… text/html 2011-04-30T19:15:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:vhost08?rev=1304190910&do=diff [08] CAN I POINT ADDITIONAL DOMAINS TO MY VHOST SPACE? Yes! You can do this with our 'POINTER' membership. Say you have 'mydomain.com, mydomain.net and mydomain.org' or you wish to register those domains. You do not need to get a VHOST membership for each domain. Instead, you just need to pick a primary domain for the VHOST membership and then pay $30/year for the additional domains you wish to point to your VHOST space. You may point up to 4 domains to a… text/html 2011-04-30T19:16:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:vhost09?rev=1304190971&do=diff [09] CAN I HAVE SEPARATE WEB DIRECTORIES FOR MY SUBDOMAINS? Yes! When you run the 'mkvhost' command only the web directory for domain is created in $HOME/html/yourdomain.com. Requests for yourdomain.com and www.yourdomain.com are served out of that directory. If you'd like to enable VHOST for subdomain.yourdomain.com then just simple create the directory $HOME/html/subdomain.yourdomain.com and put your content there. Each subdomain VHOST has a separate l… text/html 2011-04-30T17:00:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:web?rev=1304182827&do=diff WEB 01 HOW DO I MAKE MY HOMEPAGE NETWORK ACCESSIBLE? 02 IS PHP4, ASP, PERL, SSI, CGI AVAILABLE HERE? 03 DO YOU HAVE A HIT COUNTER I CAN USE? 04 CAN I PASSWORD PROTECT MY DIRECTORIES? 05 WHAT ABOUT THE ACCESS LOGS, STATISTICS AND QUOTAS? 06 MY WEBSITE DOESN'T WORK! HOW CAN I TROUBLESHOOT ON MY OWN? 07 CAN I DEFINE MY OWN 403, 404 and 405 ERRORDOCUMENTS? 08 HOW CAN I GET P5-XXX-XXXX MODULE INSTALLED FOR CGI USE? back text/html 2011-04-30T19:18:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:web01?rev=1304191108&do=diff [01] HOW DO I MAKE MY HOMEPAGE NETWORK ACCESSIBLE? You'll need to run a script called "mkhomepg". In short, this script does the following: - Creates a symbolics link called "html" in your home directory. This points to your HTML storage area on the /www filesystem. This is where you keep your html, image and cgi files. - Set proper file permissions on your directories. (if you ever botch your file permissions, run 'mkhomepg -p') … text/html 2011-04-30T19:19:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:web02?rev=1304191140&do=diff [02] IS PHP4, ASP, PERL, SSI, CGI AVAILABLE HERE? YES! This is probably FAQ #1 and its annoying as hell to have to answer it over and over and over and over and over again. We use suEXEC and suPHP! What this means is that the tools you have access to under your SDF membership are the tools you can use in your website scripting. To make use of SSI, be sure to use .shtml as your filename extension. Need to see php4 options? Create a file ca… text/html 2011-04-30T19:19:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:web03?rev=1304191162&do=diff [03] DO YOU HAVE A HIT COUNTER I CAN USE? Yes, here is one that smj wrote in KORN shell which does basic locking. Follow these steps (after you've run mkhomepg): $ cat > $HOME/html/counter.cgi Now copy and past the following into your terminal: #!/bin/ksh # smj's no nonsense house. loop=0 # set the while counter. while [ -f .lck ] # while the lock file exists, do sleep 1 # sleep 1. loop=`expr $l… text/html 2015-11-13T16:46:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:web04?rev=1447433165&do=diff [04] CAN I PASSWORD PROTECT MY DIRECTORIES? Yes you can. You can create usernames and passwords for directories using the 'htpasswd' command. Follow these steps first! 1. Create a file called '.htaccess' in the directory you want to protect (NOTE, its not a directory in your HOME directory, but on the /www file system). Double check with 'pwd -P' AuthUserFILE /www/path/to/directory/.htpasswd AuthGroupFILE /dev/null AuthNAME "my pr… text/html 2011-04-30T19:20:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:web05?rev=1304191218&do=diff [05] WHAT ABOUT THE ACCESS LOGS, STATISTICS AND QUOTAS? If you just want to check your web quota stats, you can type 'webquota' at the shell, or see http://sdf.org/over Daily stats are posted at http://sdf.org/webstats VHOST member web stats at http://sdf.org/vhosts VHOST members receive webstats in email once a month on the first day of the month. If you want *more* information, then: Logfiles are are created based on the machines that run the … text/html 2011-04-30T19:20:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:web06?rev=1304191243&do=diff [06] MY WEBSITE DOESN'T WORK! HOW CAN I TROUBLESHOOT ON MY OWN? OK! Take a deep breath and relax. In *most* cases you can solve any issues on your own without bothering anyone. The main utility for setting up and maintaining your vanity URL at SDF is the 'mkhomepg' command. To setup your URL do the following: 1. Run 'mkhomepg' to setup your html directory. a. Use FTP or other transfer method to place your html files in… text/html 2011-04-30T19:21:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:web07?rev=1304191271&do=diff [07] CAN I DEFINE MY OWN 403, 404 and 405 ERRORDOCUMENTS? Yes, just create an .htaccess file in your base html directory and populate it with an entry like this: ErrorDocument 404 /404.html When the '404.html' file contains your custom 404 file not found error message. text/html 2011-04-30T19:21:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sdfeu.org/w/faq:web08?rev=1304191296&do=diff [08] HOW CAN I GET P5-XXX-XXXX MODULE INSTALLED FOR CGI USE? All software requests can be made via the 'bboard'. Check the 'software' command to see what is already installed. Once your request is made, installation should occur within the same day. Sometimes multiple packages must be updated, so please be thoughtful and patient. Please note ImageMagick, as do many other packages, uses X11 libraries. The X11 system is restricted to MetaARPA members only. …