Software on petra-k

(server)

Apache-1.3.26
PHP4, docs
MySQL Reference Manual
using forms A simple form processing example.
How two people can work on one Web page. A simple SSI example.
How to redirect an old URL
The visit counter demonstrates SSI #exec.
If you don't like the visit counter, run the Analog server log analyzer. You can do it automatically from your crontab file. Our Analog manual and Report Magic.
The voting demonstration records and counts votes on a question. It combines ``collecting votes'' with ``using forms.''

What's a text editor?
Vi Improved, our vi ``clone.'' Knows HTML, C/C++, and Perl.
- get Vim for your system
  - for Macintosh
  - for Microsoft Windows get binaries and runtime files
  - for Amiga get binaries and runtime files
- Vim ``Documentation''
- The original vi tutorial!
Easy Editor. At your shell prompt, you can type ee filename and this editor will open the file. Unlike vi, ee is supposed to be ``so easy to use as to require no instruction.''
Pico. This editor comes with Pine. If you've used Pine, you may have used Pico, too.

GNU wget gets things from the Web.
GNU tar packs and unpacks archive files. How to copy content from one server to another using tar and wget
GNU gzip compresses and decompresses files.
gzip home page
Lynx high speed Web browser
giftool turns colors transparent in a GIF file.
slrn newsreader. Usenet is the television of computing.

OpenSSH listens for your connection on port 22. Use MacSSH or PuTTY (etc) to get a shell. Use MacSSH or WinSCP to copy files. If you had trouble with SSH before, try this one. We have retired the commercial SSH daemon.
SafeTP Transparent FTP Security Software from UC Berkeley protects our wu-ftpd FTP server on the standard port 21.
If you have trouble with a NAT box or firewall, try the ``raw'' FTP server on port 221. Please do not use raw FTP on a cable modem or college campus.
An experimental FTP server with SSL encryption support listens on port 421. If you use WS_FTP Pro, Dreamweaver, or Go Live, please try the ``FTP-over-SSL'' or ``FTP-over-TLS'' feature. (This is a candidate to replace the wu-ftpd+SafeTP thing.) Don't worry about the certificate.