Beginning UNIX and Telnet Tutorial This tutorial is meant mostly
for people who are taking the Web design tutorial and want to be
able to manage their own web site on a UNIX host from a home
computer. It covers the commands that most beginner users will
need to setup and manipulate their files. It is not meant to be
a complete course on the internals of the UNIX o/s. If you are a
beginner and this tutorial can be of some use to you, go ahead
and enjoy! What is UNIX? UNIX is an operating system just like
DOS and Macintosh OS are operating systems. The big advantage
that UNIX offers is that it is more efficient at handling
multiple users. It is therefore the operating system of choice
when running servers. When you create a web site and host it on
a web server with hundreds or even thousands of other web sites,
the odds are that the host is using UNIX as an operating system.
Unfortunately, UNIX is not quite as user friendly as Windows so
you have to spend a little time learning commands in text mode.
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