numbers, and place them in a file: /etc/resolv.conf After that Red hat should begin resolving these urls. You would add them like: servername 216.209.25.10 of course, replacing the number with the actual ip address. As for getting information on telnet or ssh you would type:\ man telnet man ssh Question: "This doesn't make any sense does it. I can't do anything. Every time I try I go backwards. I don't understand the the info pages because they are so terminology ladend. I can't find help on the things I need because I don't know where to look. Oh, and I can only access my moem as root, not as anther user and I can find where to change that because I don't know what to look for." Answer: Anna, you may be surprised to know this all makes sense. I suffered the same trials with Linux, and was unsure where to look, where to go, or what to do. Fortunately, over time you will become skilled and will pass on the information that I am imparting to you. Your number one resource for help should be the Linux man pages. You can type man commandname and it will give you a manual on that command. Let us say the issue was mount. You would type: man mount and you could read that page using the spacebar to advance through the document, and q to quit. As for logging in as another user you first need to create yourself a new user name and password, and after that you can login as that user all the time. For demonstration I will assume you wanted the name anna as your username. So as root you would type: adduser anna Now, you have a user nnamed anna, but no password. So will we set a password for anna by typing: passwd anna and it will prompt you to enter a password. Now, you can type logout, and login as anna.
