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-The Student Information Processing Board is devoted to helping the MIT community utilize the Institute's computer facilities with ease and efficiency. Since we know how dry and badly written the average user's manual is, we write and maintain many documents on our own. This documentation is freely provided to users in the form of online and printed manuals, UNIX man pages, and emacs info files, in addition to the documentation available in our office. The source for almost all of this documentation is available online under the directory /afs/sipb.mit.edu/project/doc, and is redistributable under certain conditions; all these documents are copyright by the SIPB. Although the following guides are mainly of use to Athena users, SIPB documents are known to be used at universities other than MIT. Hardcopies of these documents are available for free in the SIPB Office, W20-557, and online versions are also available via Athena's online "help" facility, by selecting the main-menu item "Documentation Archives".
+SIPB offers documentation for users at MIT and elsewhere.
-Some stuff under this tree is being migrated from Trac format.
+Writing and editing this documentation is an [[ongoing project|doc/project]]. Edits and other contributions welcome.
+## Recent Documentation
+### SIPB
-## More Useful Guides
+* [[Using sipbmp3|doc/using-sipbmp3]] <br />
+A guide to queue music to sipbmp3, the gutenbach system SIPB uses to play music in the office.
-* [Using Zephyr](http://sipb-www.scripts.mit.edu/doc/wiki/UsingZephyr) <br />
-A guide on using Zephyr today with BarnOwl (and GNU Screen). Aimed at newcomers to Zephyr, and also a pretty good reference.
+* [[SIPB Hands-on Assignments|doc/hands-on]] <br />
+Modeled on the [6.033 hands-on assignments], these guides will walk you through concepts and technologies that are core to many SIPB projects. We appreciate contributions!
-* [AFS and You](http://sipb.mit.edu/doc/afs-and-you) <br />
-A useful guide to AFS (originally the Andrew File System), the system that stores your Athena files. Targeted at mid-to-advanced users, this is a more up-to-date version than the Inessential Guide to AFS above.
+* [[Summer Reading|doc/summer-reading]] <br />
+Documents and books that various SIPB members recommend reading.
-* [How to Choose a Good Password](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/doc/passwords/passwords.html) ([DVI](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/doc/current/passwords.dvi)) <br />
-A one-page list of guidelines on how to choose secure passwords, and why this is important.
+* [[Moira|doc/moira]] <br />
+Some tips for using Moira
-* [Filtering Your E-Mail on Athena](http://www.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/doc/imailfilters/imailfilters.html) <br />
-A quick guide to filtering your e-mail on Athena's common email-clients.
+### Zephyr
-* [Java Class Notes](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/iap/Archive/1999/java/outline.html) <br />
-These are the electronic slides that were used in SIPB's popular Java class.
+* [[Using Zephyr|doc/zephyr]] <br />
+A guide on using Zephyr today with BarnOwl (and GNU Screen). Aimed at newcomers to Zephyr, and a pretty good reference. See also [the Barnowl wiki](http://barnowl.mit.edu/).
-* [Getting Started with PGP on Athena](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/doc/pgp/pgp.html) <br />
-A quick guide to using PGP security on Athena.
+* [[Using SZS (the SMS to Zephyr Relay)|doc/szs]] <br />
+Send and receive text messages through Zephyr.
-* [DVI files? What are those? What's XDVI?](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/www/latex/xdvi/xdvi.html) ([DVI](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/doc/current/xdvi.dvi)) <br />
-XDVI is a program to view DVI files, a common output format from LaTeX.
+* [[Using Screen|doc/screen]] <br />
+Handy for [[doc/Zephyr]] and anything else you do in an ssh session.
-* [NetNews: A One-Page Guide to the Usenet](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/www/netnews/netnews-doc/netnews-doc.html) ([DVI](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/doc/current/onepage-netnews.dvi)) <br />
-A one-page reference to reading NetNews.
-* [Using Discuss](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/www/discuss/discuss.html) ([DVI](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/doc/current/discuss.dvi))
-A guide to using and enjoying the Discuss bulletin board system on Athena.
+### Kerberos and AFS
+
+* [[Kerberized Server|doc/kerberized-server]] <br />
+Explains keytabs and how to get one and how that lets you SSH somewhere with Kerberos.
+
+* [[Root Instance|doc/root-instance]] <br />
+Explains root and extra instances in Kerberos.
+* [[AFS and You|doc/afs-and-you]] <br />
+A useful guide to AFS (originally the Andrew File System), the system that stores your Athena files. Targeted at mid-to-advanced users, this is a more up-to-date version than the Inessential Guide to AFS below.
+
+### Client Certificates
+
+* [[doc/Enabling Client Certificate Auth in Chrome]] <br />
+Recent versions of Google Chrome and Chromium should mostly work without surprises. This documentation is primarily for Linux users.
+
+* [[Configuring Client-Side Certificate Authentication on Apache|doc/apache-client-certs]] <br />
+How to configure your own server to accept client-side certificates just like [scripts.mit.edu](http://scripts.mit.edu)
+
+### Miscellaneous
+
+* XVM: [Using `remctl`](https://xvm.mit.edu/trac/wiki/Remctl), and
+ [Getting the serial console](https://xvm.mit.edu/trac/wiki/SerialConsole)
+
+* [[Printing with CUPS on the Mac|doc/cups-on-mac]] <br />
+How to set up printing on a Mac.
+
+* [Learning Debian Packaging](http://debathena.mit.edu/packaging/)
+
+* [[Using CPAN|doc/cpan]] <br />
+CPAN is a source of many useful Perl libraries, but the tools often seem determined not to let you have them. Here's how to beat them into submission.
+
+* [[Writing safe(r) shell scripts|doc/safe-shell]]
+
+## IAP Classes and Cluedumps
+
+SIPB teaches [an array of classes](http://sipb.mit.edu/iap) each IAP and shorter [cluedumps](http://cluedumps.mit.edu/) in the fall.
+Some of them leave notes useful as documentation.
+
+* [Understanding Git](http://web.mit.edu/cluedumps/slides/understanding-git-2008.pdf) <br />
+These slides were developed for a SIPB cluedump on the Git version control system.
## The Inessential Guide Series
The SIPB Inessential Guide series contain useful information about a variety of computing topics. Explore!
-* [An Inessential Guide to Athena](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/doc/quickref/quick.html) ([DVI](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/doc/current/iAthena.dvi))([PDF](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb.mit.edu/project/doc/guide/guide.pdf))([PS](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb.mit.edu/project/doc/guide/guide.ps))<br />
+* [An Inessential Guide to Athena](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/doc/guide/guide/) ([DVI](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/doc/guide/guide.dvi))([PDF](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb.mit.edu/project/doc/guide/guide.pdf))([PS](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb.mit.edu/project/doc/guide/guide.ps))<br />
A large guide on how to get the most out of your Athena account, from reading mail, to using AFS, to sending zephyrs.
-* [An Inessential Quick Reference to Athena](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/doc/quickref/quick.html)([DVI](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/doc/current/quickref.dvi)) <br />
+* [An Inessential Quick Reference to Athena](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/doc/quickref/quick/) ([DVI](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/doc/quickref/quickref.dvi)) <br />
A one-page reference to the most basic information about Athena, including logging in, reading email, and getting help.
-* [Inessential AFS](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb.mit.edu/project/doc/afs/html/afs-new.html) ([DVI](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/doc/current/iAFS.dvi))([PDF](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/doc/current/iAFS.pdf))([PS](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/doc/current/iAFS.ps))
-A guide to AFS (Andrew File System) - the system used to store your files on Athena. Note that a more updated version of this guide can be found [here](http://sipb.mit.edu/doc/afs-and-you).
+* [Inessential AFS](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb.mit.edu/project/doc/afs/html/afs-new.html) ([DVI](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/doc/current/iAFS.dvi))([PDF](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/doc/current/iAFS.pdf))([PS](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/doc/current/iAFS.ps)) <br />
+A guide to AFS (Andrew File System) - the system used to store your files on Athena. Note that a more updated version of this guide can be found [[here|doc/afs-and-you]].
* [Inessential LaTeX (PDF)](http://stuff.mit.edu/sipb/ilatex) ([DVI](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/doc/current/iLaTeX.dvi)) ([HTML, but somewhat dated](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb.mit.edu/project/www/latex/guide/guide.html)) <br />
A very helpful guide to LaTeX, a typesetting program commonly used for doing PSets, writing papers, theses, books, etc.
* Inessential Refrigerator Restocking (Internal DVI version - inquire at SIPB) <br />
A guide on how to restock a soda fridge. It isn't as hard as you make it look.
+
+
+## Other Documentation
+
+* [How to Choose a Good Password](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/doc/passwords/passwords.html) ([DVI](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/doc/current/passwords.dvi)) <br />
+A one-page list of guidelines on how to choose secure passwords, and why this is important.
+
+* [[Who Fixes What at MIT|doc/who-fixes-what]] <br />
+How and to whom to report all kinds of problems with computing infrastructure at MIT.
+
+* [Filtering Your E-Mail on Athena](http://www.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/doc/imailfilters/imailfilters.html) <br />
+A quick guide to filtering your e-mail on Athena's common email-clients.
+
+* [Getting Started with PGP on Athena](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/doc/pgp/pgp.html) <br />
+A quick guide to using PGP security on Athena.
+
+* [DVI files? What are those? What's XDVI?](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/www/latex/xdvi/xdvi.html) ([DVI](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/doc/current/xdvi.dvi)) <br />
+XDVI is a program to view DVI files, a common output format from LaTeX.
+
+* [NetNews: A One-Page Guide to the Usenet](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/www/netnews/netnews-doc/netnews-doc.html) ([DVI](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/doc/current/onepage-netnews.dvi)) <br />
+A one-page reference to reading NetNews.
+
+* [Using Discuss](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/www/discuss/discuss.html) ([DVI](http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/doc/current/discuss.dvi)) <br />
+A guide to using and enjoying the Discuss bulletin board system on Athena.
+
+* [[So you want to learn Git...|doc/&git ]] <br />
+Pointers to resources from which Git, the Version Control System many of us use.
+
+
+## Licensing
+
+While we love free and open source software, there are [too many licenses](http://www.opensource.org/proliferation) and the options can get a bit confusing. SIPB has some official recommendations for what to use and how to effect these licenses.
+
+* [[Code Licensing Recommendation|doc/code-licensing]]
+
+* [[Documentation Licensing Recommendation|doc/doc-licensing]]
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