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• How much UNIX experience is required to maintain a Virtual Server?
• How do I list the users I have added to my Virtual Server?
• How do I edit a user's settings?
• How do I unzip a .zip file in UNIX?
• Are there any tools available through SSH to make navigation of my Virtual Server easier?

Q: How much UNIX experience is required to maintain a Virtual Server?
A: Our Virtual Server Online Users Guide will walk you through the basics of administrating your Virtual Server. The Guided Tour will help you learn how to use a basic UNIX editor that will save you hours of time in work.
We also offer the Virtual Server Administrator which is a web-interface to your Virtual Server. VAdmin allows you to setup POP accounts, add autoresponders, and view statistics all within your JAVA-enabled web browser.
Most users create all their HTML files on their local PC and upload them to their Virtual Server via FTP.
If you need help in setting up certain parts of your Virtual Server, our technical support staff will help you and point you in the right direction!

Q: How do I list the users I have added to my Virtual Server?
A: You have two ways of listing the users on your Virtual Server:
1).You may go to your Virtual Servers command prompt and type:
% vlistuser
Which will show you an active list of users on your server along with their respective properties.
2).You may use the Virtual Server Administrator to list all of the users.

Q: How do I edit a user's settings?
A: To edit a user's settings after you have added them to your Virtual Server with vadduser, SSH to your Server and type:
% vedituser <username>
The vedituser utility will allow you to change all of the settings of any user.
If you wish to change a user's password, type:
% vpasswd <username>

Q: How do I unzip a .zip file in UNIX?
A: Type the command:
% unzip -aL <filename>
At your command prompt, where <filename> is the name of the zipped file.

Q: Are there any tools available through SSH to make navigation of my Virtual Server easier?
A: Pilot is a simple file navigator and browser that allows you to navigate your Virtual Server's file structure, display and edit files, and even run programs - all by using your arrows keys and a few other keyboard shortcuts.
Typing pilot from your command prompt will display a screen similar to this:
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UW PILOT 1.1 Dir: /usr/home/username

.. (parent dir) bin (dir) dev (dir) etc (dir)
ftp (dir) shlib (dir) tmp (dir) usr (dir)
var (dir) www (dir)

? Get Help Q Quit L Launch - Prev Pg D Delete C Copy
V [View] W Where is Spc Next Pg R Rename E Edit
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Pilot displays the current working directory at the top of the screen and the directory's contents in columns along with file size. The parent of the current working directory is indicated by the file name "..". File names that are symbolic links to other files are displayed with a file size of "--".
Several basic file manipulation commands are provided: Delete, Rename, Copy, View, Launch, and Edit. The "View" and "Edit" commands operate on text files only. By default, "View" uses whatever program is set in your PAGER environment variable to display the file (by default, the 'more' command). The "Edit" command opens the file in the PICO online editor (or whatever editor is set in your EDITOR environment variable). The "launch" command provides a convenient way to either execute the selected file or a command.
There are a number of command line options that can be passed to the pilot program. They are listed below:
Options
    -a
Display all files including those beginning with a
period (.).
    -f
Use function keys for commands. This option sup-
ported only in conjunction with UW Enhanced NCSA
telnet.
    -g
Enable "Show Cursor" mode. Cause cursor to be
positioned before the current selection rather than
placed at the lower left of the display.
    -j
Enable "Goto" command. This enables the command to
permit explicitly telling pilot which directory to
visit.
    -m
Enable mouse functionality. This only works when
pilot is run from within an X Window System "xterm"
window.
    -nn
The -nn option enables new mail notification. The
n argument is optional, and specifies how often, in
seconds, your mailbox is checked for new mail. For
example, -n60 causes pilot to check for new mail
once every minute. The default interval is 180
seconds, while the minimum allowed is 30. (Note: no
space between "n" and the number)
    -o dir
Sets operating directory. Only files within the
specified directory are accessible and browsing is
limited to the specified directory subtree.
    -v
Enable single vertical column display.
    -x
Disable keymenu at the bottom of the screen.
    -z
Enable ^Z suspension of pilot.

Additional information on pilot is available by typing 'man pilot' from your command prompt.
Finally, some of you may like using the pilot tool so much that you would like to launch it automatically when you first log in. This can be done by editing the file that contains your Virtual Server's login script. This file is called .cshrc and is found in your home directory. To launch the pilot program automatically upon logging in, simply add the following line to the bottom of your .cshrc file:
    pilot
Naturally you can add whatever command line options to this you like. This line could read 'pilot -a' or 'pilot -za'
Additionally, you may want to comment out the line in this file that says:
    setenv PAGER more
by placing a # in front of it like this:
    #setenv PAGER more
Doing this will cause pilot to use the pine viewer to view files rather than the more command.