Much of this was pulled from jwodder's reference, he deserves a huge thanks for putting this list together.
| Informative Commands | |
|---|---|
| address | prints out an address & paypal information for sending money to SDF; used by some other commands |
| arpa | prints out information about the ARPA membership level |
| bbs | gives information about purchasing a BBS documentary DVD set from SDF; seems to be a bit outdated |
| commands | prints out a list of basic Unix commands; also available as "unix" |
| dba | prints out information about the DBA membership |
| dialup | gives information on SDF's dialup internet service |
| downtime | displays the reason(s) for recent server downtime |
| dsl | refers the user to http://dsl.tenex.org to find out about the availability of SDF DSL in one's area |
| editors | displays the list of text editors from FAQ BASICS #09 |
| faq | interactive command for viewing the SDF Frequently Asked Questions (and their answers); uses the same command set as bboard |
| gallery | lists some of the commands that users can use to contribute to the SDF galleries (see below) |
| games | prints a list of some of the games installed on SDF |
| getdialup | lists dialup internet services available in your area code |
| help | a small interactive program listing useful commands from certain categories. Note that this program is located at /usr/pkg/bin/help and is not to be confused with the help command built into most shells. |
| how | gives an overview of the types of memberships available |
| maxusers | displays the current record for the maximum number of users logged into SDF at once |
| meta | prints out information about the MetaARPA membership level |
| mil | gives information on how the validation process can be waived for those on active military duty |
| music | prints out information about purchasing the SDF music compilations |
| order | outdated command; now consists of a pointer to the store on SDF's website |
| software | lists the software packages available to the various membership levels |
| sticker | prints information on obtaining an SDF bumper sticker |
| twenex | prints out summaries of (most of) the user-contributed software in /sys/sdf/bin |
| unix | same as commands |
| vhost | prints out information about the VHOST membership |
| vpn | prints out information about the VPN membership |
| Inter-User Communication & Social Networking | |
| bboard | bulletin board system for SDF |
| com (a.k.a. commode) | inter-user chat system for SDF |
| guestbook | sign or view the guestbook |
| happening | submit an anonymous journal entry or view a random entry |
| helpdesk | request help from & give help to other SDF users |
| mesg | send messages to other users |
| notes | leave urgent notes for other users |
| profiles | set up a profile for viewing by other SDF users |
| Account Management Commands | |
| addlink | publish your website; invoked by mkhomepg |
| bksp | set your backspace key |
| greylist | toggle greylisting for your e-mail address(es) (VPM membership required) |
| maint | change your password, shell, & contact information |
| mdns | assign a domain name to a dynamic IP address (MetaARPA membership required); also available as "udns" |
| metaarray | For MetaARPA members. Will first generate a random login password for your MetaArray account followed by a random database password sent via local e-mail if you have a DBA membership. If you ever forget your MetaArray password or your MetaArray MySQL password, this will reset it. |
| mkcron | set up & manage cronjobs (MetaARPA membership required) |
| mkfinger | control what information to display for finger requests from remote hosts |
| mkgopher | set up a gopherspace on SDF |
| mkhomepg | set up a website on SDF |
| mkvhost | create & maintain DNS and/or VHOST membership features |
| mkvpm | manage virtual POP3 mailboxes (VPM membership required) |
| motd | manage MOTD membership |
| mypasswd | change your MySQL password. |
| phlog | list (or delist) your Gopher blog on SDF's registry of phlogs |
| reset-mysql | resets your MySQL password and sends you a new one via local mail. |
| setdialup | manage DIALUP membership |
| setgrp | add & remove users to & from your personal group (MetaARPA membership required) |
| setvmail | toggle e-mail addresses at various SDF domains (MetaARPA membership required) |
| setvpn | configure your PPTP VPN login on SDF (VPN membership required) |
| startsql | set up a MySQL database (DBA membership required) |
| tweak | redistribute your file storage quotas (TWEAK membership required) |
| udns | same as mdns |
| vpmclear | clear out a virtual POP3 mailbox (VPM membership required) |
| Account Information | |
| disk | display filesystem usage for your home directory, mail spool, gopherspace, & webspace |
| domains | list the SDF domains available to you for webhosting & e-mail addresses |
| dues | give details on your membership dues |
| expire | show how long until your account expires (pre-validated users only) |
| vpmstat | display information about your virtual POP3 mailboxes (VPM membership required) |
| vpnstats | view VPN usage statistics (VPN membership required) |
| webquota | show web transfer quotas for your website |
| User Information | |
| online | prints the amount of time that the given user (or yourself, if none is given) has spent logged in today; does not work correctly |
| sentry | prints notices of logins & logouts on the system |
| uinfo | print the date & time when the given user joined SDF & the various membership levels |
| url | print the URL at which the given SDF user's website is located |
| Gallery Commands | |
| artgallery | add photography & artwork to the SDF art gallery |
| astrogallery | add astronomical photographs to the astro gallery |
| deskshots | add a picture of your computer desktop to the deskshots gallery |
| patches | add pictures of SDF 20^th anniversary patches to the patches gallery |
| sdfers | add a picture of yourself to the SDF member photos gallery |
| stickers | add pictures of SDF stickers to the SDF stickers gallery |
| vintage | add a picture of a vintage computer to the vintage computers gallery |
| Other | |
| due (delete, undelete, expunge) | two-step file deletion for Unix machines. Currently, this program does not actually seem to be installed, but its source is available in /sys/sdf/src/due. |
| freeirc | allows non-ARPA members to use IRC on the weekend |
| game-review | submit a review for a game on ascii-games.org |
| instruct | manage student shell accounts (INSTRUCTOR membership required) |
| mkgallery | produce a thumbnail gallery page for the given images |
| mud | telnet to SDFmud |
| nospam | defers obvious spam messages to separate files; run nospam -i for more information |
| oneliner | print a random line by another SDF member, or add your own |
| pledge | pledge money to the SDF Public Access UNIX System |
| psh | the restricted shell used by pre-validated SDF accounts |
| quote | display the current price for a given stock; does not seem to currently be working properly |
| smj | print a random quote from the SDF sysadmin |
| surl | SDF's URL shortening service |
| teach | fill out a survey about virtual classes taught on SDF machines |
| thxmoo | a MOO based around the world of THX-1138 |
| uinfo | account information for a given user or yourself |
| upload | wrapper around rz for uploading files |
| url | show the url for yourself or a given user |
| vote | vote on a currently open SDF ballot (ARPA membership required) |