sdf_advanced_tutorials
Table of Contents
Advanced Topics
MetaArray Tutorials
- Port Allocation for meta users
- Access to
crondaemon – cron is a “daemon to execute scheduled commands”. Usable by meta users.
Mail Tutorials
- Greylisting on SDF – leave it disabled until you want it
- Doing UUCP with SDF – (Unix-to-Unix Copy) is a great way to get your mail and news
SDF Connect Tutorials
- Connecting to the SDF VPN with PPTP – Virtual Private Network (VPN)
- Using an SSH agent to avoid typing your password – …make your password very complicated
- SSH Public Key Authentication – HTTPS based SSH client
- Getting Ready for SDF Dialup - Equipment – Typical requirements for dial-up networking
- SDF Dial-up via pppconfig and pon|poff|plog on Ubuntu – setup a PPP-based dial-up network connection on Linux
- Mounting an encrypted partition with EncFS – a directory where the encrypted information is saved
File Access Tutorials
- SSHFS-SDF – mount your SDF user folder locally
- Backing Up $HOME – syncronize your data on SDF to an area on another computer
Programming Tutorials
- PROGRAMMING – Programming Languages available at SDF
- Software Development Resources at SDF Including source control, SDF's Gitea instance
- Using RubyGems at SDF – To install gems in your home directory…
VPS Tutorials
- SDF VPS service – Information on the SDF VPS service and links to tutorials
- 9Front on SDF VPS – How to set up a9Front image on a SDF VPS
- OpenBSD on SDF VPS – How to set up an OpenBSD image on a SDF VPS
- Ubuntu on SDF VPS – Log into your vps as
root
VPN Tutorials
- SDF's VPN servers – OpenVPN uses Transport Layer Security
Toobnix Tutorials
- Using the SDF Video Gallery – follow this tutorial carefully to successfully post videos PeerTube
TWENEX Tutorials
- TOPS-20 Interactive Tutorial – log of a session with the TOPS-20
- Using Multiple Interactive Programs on TWENEX – TOPS-20 allows you to use multiple interactive programs simultaneously
- Getting Into TWENEX – aims to bridge the gap between introductory documents
Web Tutorials
- .htaccess recipes – .htaccess is the default file used by the Apache HTTP server
SDF Interesting Tutorials
- SDF Green Computing Initiative – voluntary project involving SDF users who wish to explore alternative methods of home computing
Phone Tutorials (VOIP)
- Using FreePBX with SDF VOIP – how to add your SDF VOIP extension as a trunk
- SDF VoIP Advanced Features and Setup – note that making unsolicited calls may be considered rude
Chat Tutorials
- IRC Channels on SDF – channels currently defined on irc.sdf.org
- IRC Channel Auto-Connection with Irssi – configure an IRC client to automatically connect to one or more channels
- Using CenterICQ on SDF – steps to connect to ICQ using CenterIM
TECO
- Survival TECO – perform useful editing with TECO
- Survival TECO 2.0 – perform useful editing with TECO
sdf_advanced_tutorials.txt · Last modified: 2026/01/14 23:43 by peteyboy