Dairynet Manual

Welcome your very own Dairynet Manual. This site should be your first point of reference for any questions regarding Dairynet services. If you want to contact Dairynet directly, or have a question about this site, see our Contact Information page.

This manual deals primarily with the server ice.cream.org because it is this server which currently hosts most of Dairynet's users and services. The manual is divided into different sections, because let's face it, if it was all on one page it would be untidy and difficult to read. Some parts are still being written, and some parts are not formatted and proof read. This is spare time work, and will be completed eventually. The sections are:

Chapter One: Introduction

1.1 Welcome to Dairynet
1.2
The What, Where, Who of ICE
1.3 The Commercial Ban
1.4
Applications List
1.5
Mentor Scheme
1.6 Dairynet Contact Information

Chapter Two: Using Your Account

2.1 Client/Server, TCP/IP and UNIX Principles
2.2
What is a shell account?
2.3 Moving around your files
2.4 Chat and Instant Messaging with ICE
2.5 Editing text files
2.6 The basics of File Permissions
2.7 Very basic email

Chapter Three: Internet Facilities

3.1 Diagnostic tools
3.2 Requesting files from ICE
3.3 Lynx: The web browser
3.4 Command line FTP
3.5 SSH, the secure verion of telnet

Chapter Four: Email and MUTT

4.1 How ICE email works
4.2 The MUTT mail client
4.3 Using forwarding aliases
4.4 Using mailing lists

Chapter Five: Your Virtual Web Server

5.1 How ICE web hosting works
5.2 The virtual server file system
5.3 Basic introduction to HTML
5.3 Running CGIs
5.4 Using SHTML and PHTML
5.5 Access and error logs
5.6 Domain name hosting

Chapter Six: Miscellaneous

6.1 Terms and Confitions of Use
6.2 Staff: Jake Jellinek
6.3 Staff: Nick Mailer
6.4 Staff: Tim Berry
6.5 Staff: Neil Levine
6.6 Staff: Andrew Och

If you are looking for help with a particular command or application on ICE, you may want to refer to the manpages (manual pages) at http://manual.cream.org/. Or you can use the form below to search that site. Enter the command or application you need help with:

We hope you enjoy using you Dairynet account. If you have any questions or queries please contact helpdesk@cream.org for assistance. Have a nice day!

These pages were assembled by Nick and Jake with Andrew updating the site and server December 2000 (constituting the owners, managers, system administrators and support staff of Dairynet) and HTMLed by Tim (who is Dairynet's web design department). Links preceeded by a will take you off this site. Copyright©1998 Dairynet. All Rights Reserved.