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+---
+author: ~ben
+published: false
+title: administration
+description: advanced ssh tutorial
+category: 
+    - main
+---
+
+# administration
+---
+
+
+## adding users
+
+1. create a new user account:
+```bash
+sudo adduser newusername
+```
+use the default password `tilde`
+
+1. respond to their email with their account information
+
+1. click the link in the signup email from the server to open the domain control panel and add their forwarding address if they've opted in
+
+1. profit??
+
+
+---
+## backups
+
+tilde.team uses [tarsnap](https://tarsnap.com) for backups and is configured to save 12 hourly backups, 7 daily backups, 6 weekly backups, and 2 years' worth of monthly backups.
+
+to see a list of the backups:
+```bash
+sudo tarsnap --list-archives
+```
+
+to restore a backup:
+```bash
+tarsnap -x -f mybackup-2015-08-09_19-37-20
+```
+
+we keep backups of:
+* `/home`
+* `/etc`
+* `/var` (excluding `/var/log`)
+
+see the [tarsnap documentation](https://www.tarsnap.com/usage.html) for more information.