although the original yoss.canweb.net machine no longer exists, i still administrate many unix
shell servers for much the same reasons -- secured, remote logins to "always-on" information
storage systems are important to many people today.
here's a couple tips on making passwords. you
want to be as sure as possible that even if your encrypted password falls
into a hacker's hands, that they'll have a hard time cracking
it.
03aug96
if you are concerned about other people on yossman.net viewing
or copying your files, or are just interested in knowing a little
more about file/directory permissions, please
check this little help text i've written on the subject.
26jun96
last updated 13jul96
getting a lot of email to your account? don't like it all sitting in
your inbox? would you like to have it be sent to another email
address? here's some help with email and the
email utilities i have installed here, like "procmail", the email
sorter.
07oct97
created 19jun96
for those of you wanting to find out how much disk space i have
left on yossman.net to make sure there's enough room for files
you're thinking of putting here, please check out my "df" help if you don't already know how to use this
command and how to read its output. should you want to know how much
space you personally are taking up on my system, please check out my
"du" help.