Newbie question

Anthony E. Greene agreene@pobox.com
Wed Sep 25 17:23:02 2002


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On 25-Sep-2002/09:55 -0400, Sean M McMahon <ambassadorsean@juno.com> wrote:
[about setting up GnuPG onm a web server]
>
>What's SSH, what's telnet, 

They are ways to access a remote computer using what looks like a DOS
command prompt. On Linux/Unix boxes the command prompt allows _complete_
control of the system. Some of what you need to do may require this kind
of access.

SSH FAQ <http://www.tigerlair.com/ssh/faq/ssh-faq.html>

>and how can I find out whether or not I have
>that kind of access to the server? =)

Ask the ISP that runs the server.


Tony
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