1) General Info
One of the most important things to keep in mind that the Net link for my site is a simple single channel ISDN link. Graphic in Web pages and the like needs to be thought about carefully.

There are 10 machines which make up the eldar.org domain:

anduin The main system. This is a 300MHZ AMD K6-2 with 64MB of core and around 14GB of disk on three SCSI controllers. It runs NetBSD. This is the Great River which runs mostly north and south through Middle Earth.
elrond This is a Sun Sparc IPX with 28MB, 1GB of disk and a 4 tape DAT tape changer. It also runs NetBSD. This machine was formally a Sun Sparc 1+ and before that a Sun 4/110. The SS1+ and 4/110 still exists, but are not up, usually. This is the name of the leader of the elves who live in Rivendell. Actually, it is a little more complicated as he is actually Half-Elf, but as nearly any Tolkien fan will know, what Half-Elf *means* is bit complicated to explain.
valinor At one time, this is a 166MHZ Dec Alpha with 24MB and 1.3GB of disk. It also ran NetBSD. My particular Alpha box was known as a Multia. However, there is a rather fatal design flaw with this box. It seems that they can cook themselves. Valinor is now a Sun Sparc 2, around 40MHZ, with 16MB and the former 1GB disk which was on the Alpha. It still runs NetBSD. This is part of the undying land in the West. It is the land of the Valar in Aman where the Powers established their fortication after Melkor caused the Valar to leave Middle Earth.
treebeard My Toshiba laptop. You do not get access to this machine. It runs NetBSD. Treebeard is the "leader" of the Ents of Fangorn wood. He is probably the oldest living being on Middle Earth, with the possible exception of Tom Bombadil, the keeper of the Old Forest.
quickbeam The laptop my wife uses. You do not get access to this machine. In Elvish he is known as Bregalad and is another Ent. He has been called the closest thing to a hasty Ent. He helped look after Pippen and Merry while the other Ents were talking about what to do about Isengard and Saruman. As far as I know, there isn't a picture of him, but is described as having smooth shining skin on his arms and legs with grey-green hair. He is probably one of the youngest Ents.

There are also:

	bilbo	A Sun IPC
	frodo	A Sun Sparc 10 with two processors
	mordor	A AMD K6-2 450MHZ
	pippin	A Sun 3/80
	samwise	A Sun Sparc 1

When the machines are up, they all have proper Net access via my neato Network provider. Currently, valinor does email list service, pippin serves as a place to run IRC clients and anduin serves as the main system at the domain.

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2) General rules
I own the site lock, stock and barrel... There is no appeal other then me.

While I will answer email, or talk requests, etc.. from anyone, I do not have a whole
     lot of time for "newbie" issues. In general, I assume everyone knows what to do with
     a Unix shell account, unless stated otherwise.

While I pretty much do not care what personal files people keep, I would rather not
     give a voice to certain things. In particular, anything to do with the exploitation of kids.

There are certain activities which will not be allowed.
        1) Mass SPAMing. I don't like it very much and really won't allow it.
        2) Breaking into other sites from this one.
        3) Sharing accounts.

It is expected that everyone to behave themselves. I might get irrational otherwise.

I prefer having on file a smail address for all persons at my site, who I don't know personally.

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3) Requirements for an account?
None, except that most everyone should be able to deal with the world on their own.

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4) What services does eldar.org offer?
What the site hosts in the way of services?

        1) Web page
        2) FTP area
        3) List Serve
        4) E-Mail
        5) Shell account
        6) Auto Responders
        7) Basically nearly everything which one might expect at any system which is on the
             Internet would be available and I can compile most anything, if there is source.

What can be accessed?

        1) The Web via lynx
        2) FTP via unix FTP
        3) IRC via irc
        4) And so on...

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5)Basic Account
What is the account?
It is simply a standard shell account.

Is there a disk useage limit (quota)?
Well, only in so much as, if you run the disk out of space, I'll have to deal with it. Typically, I set up the account with a 5MB/15MB soft/hard limit. These can be adjusted, however... and really are only used to give the users some sort of idea as to the amount of space they are using.

Does the account use the shell prompt, or a user interface?
I am really only interested in doing shells.... Althought, pilot, the file system navigator that comes with pine is available.

How long without me accessing the account will you allow it on the system before you take the account off?
I would probably audit things once a year or so.

How do I access the account?
Telnet and such from any place else on the Net.

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6)Web Page
Can I get a Web Page?
You get one by getting a shell account.

Is there a size limit?
See disk usage above.

Is there a local page counter?
There is now a counter for those who have an eldar.org account. Where is it? How does it work? Enquire

How do I put my web page on eldar.org?
One gets a shell account and puts all the various bits in the directory /home/username/public_html via FTP

What would my URL be?
Something like http://anduin.eldar.org/~username

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7)E-Mail
How can i check my email?
After telneting to the site one can use, mail, Emacs, pine, or probably a dirty finger nail.

Is POP3 supported?
Sure....

Is IMAP supported?
Yup, yup....

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8)FTP
Can I have an anonymous FTP area? How much space am I allowed?
You can have an anonymous FTP area by asking nicely.... The space would be taken out of your home directory quota.

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What list serv program are you using?
Majordomo 1.94.1

Can I use archive?
Yes...

Can I use digest?
Yes...

Who sets up the mailing lists?
Well, LISTs always seem to take a bit to get going.... It requires an account here which acts as the owner. It also requires that majordomo be set up to know about the new list.

I have a large mailing list, can you handle it?
It depends and would be handled on a case by case basis.

Will someone run my mailing list for me?
It is prefered that you are the owner/runner of the mailing list, being that Brad does not run them. He only sets them up. However, Benji might run the list, or help you run it if he has time and wants to.

I want to run my own list, but I don't know anything about majordomo or UNIX, will someone help me get started?
Yes, either Brad will help you or Benji will help you. Brad is busy with other things related to his life, and eldar.org, and does not have much time for newbie questions. It is for this reason, that Brad allows Benji to help in the mail list administration.

I want more information.
If you want to know more about the list serv that is set up, you might want to read this. If that doesn't answer your questions, feel free to email Benji

NOTE: In general, the eldar.org domain is current not accepting any new requests for LIST service. This policy may be modified in the future.

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10) Auto Responders
I want one, what do I have to do?

You will have to inquire within (or even deeper within) to get one set up.

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11)IRC
Can I access IRC from eldar.org?
Yes...

Do you have an IRC server set up?
No... I don't think my link is up to it.

Is there a local IRC server up?
Yes, there is a local IRC server on valinor.

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12) Security
How secure is the site?
Being that the site runs on of the unixes that are out there, it is pretty secure. The file permission, and that passwords that are needed to enter the site keeps the owners data out of reach of others.

Is PGP available anyplace?
Yes... both anduin and valinor have PGP 2.6.2. I don't particularly use it that much, but I find the entire concept sorta interesting. If you want my public key, just ask me.

Is SSH available anyplace?
Yes... all of the machines in the domain run SSH. Most of them will require that you use SSH protocol version 2, although some might also allow version 1.

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