RE: [cobalt-users] FAQ??? was Re: Cobalt user chatroom????

["Dan Kriwitsky" <webhosting@xxxxxxxxx>]

> In the "Did anyone not notice" category... the footer added to
> each message
> by the list software says absolutely nothing about the existence of any
> archives, only the e-mail address and how to subscribe or unsubscribe.

Since the META faq goes out to all new subscribers, that's really not much
of an issue anymore. It used to be when everyone first had to post to the
list to find out where the archives were.

However, it would be nice if Cobalt would change the footer to say:
"List Archive and to Subscribe or Unsubscribe, please go to:"

Makes me wonder if they're planning on dropping the archive at some point
since they've seen plenty of requests to change the footer in the past
couple of years.

>
> One of the first things I looked for as a new subscriber was a
> FAQ ... maybe
> I'm blind, but I can't find one. Every other technical list I subscribe to
> has a FAQ that would stop much of the repeat "lame server" questions.

Didn't you get the META faq when you signed up? I did when I un-subscribed
and re-subscribed with a new address.

>
> . I also discovered the following:
>
> www.CobaltHosts.com
> www.RaqResources.com
> http://www.acns-online.com/chuck/topics/op/topicsView/tid/24/
> http://www.uk2raq.com/raqfaq/ (raq3 specific)

While we're on the subject of links:

RaQ CGI info:
http://users.iol.it/hpstr/

Some indirect Cobalt links:

Since there are so many generic Linux questions on the list, add:
http://www.tml.hut.fi/~viu/linux/sag/sag-0.6.2.html/index.html

Unix Help:
http://www.geek-girl.com/Unixhelp/

Might have some out of date stuff, but some very useful newbies Unix help:
http://baserv.uci.kun.nl/unix-faq.html

IIRC I got the link from this list:
FTP Backup:
http://filewatcher.org/sec/ftpbackup/int_year.html

Haven't given it a try yet, but the new CuteFTP Pro looks like it could do a
lot for Windows users administering a RaQ and who want to be secure in their
FTP as well using SSH.
http://www.globalscape.com/products/cuteftppro/index.shtml

And SSH links:
http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/ssh-howto.html#where

Checking your DNS:
http://www.analogx.com/contents/dnsdig.htm

> My signature also contains only part of my real
> name... and not the part I go by... if you know what you're doing, you can
> find the real me with a couple of simple searches)
>

What's a search?
--
Dan Kriwitsky