Secret Server Club - Exploration Notes#

Date: October 29, 2025
Server Type: Raspberry Pi (ARM64)
OS: Debian-based Linux (Raspberry Pi OS)
Hostname: ssc

🎭 Server Overview#

This is a friend's local SSH server running on a Raspberry Pi, nicknamed the "Resonant Server" or "Secret Server Club."

👥 Users#

The server has 7 user accounts (plus root):

1. ssc (UID 1000) - Primary/admin user with desktop environment
2. whisper (UID 1001)
3. mtn (UID 1002)
4. ayz (UID 1003)
5. hal (UID 1004)
6. nat (UID 1005)
7. jeffrey (UID 1006) - Our account!

All users have:

• Home directories with read permissions for others (chmod 755)
• Membership in sudo and docker groups
• Bash shell access

📂 Interesting Files & Notes#

User Messages#

• /home/ssc/Documents/memo.txt - Collaborative memo with messages from users (whisper, alice mentions)
• /home/nat/hiiinat.txt - Friendly greeting file
• /home/ssc/Documents/copyparty/files/SSCNotes1.md - Markdown note about eating ASCII characters

Scripts#

Located in /home/ssc/Documents/scripts/:

1. moongreeting.sh - Displays moon phase and moonrise time with cute ASCII art
2. secret-server-club.sh - Random ASCII art banner generator (3 different styles)
3. provision-users.sh - User provisioning script for the "Resonant Server"
4. provision-users-old.sh - Previous version

🐳 Services Running#

Copyparty File Sharing#

• Container: copyparty/ac:latest
• Port: 3923
• Docker Compose config: /home/ssc/Documents/copyparty/docker-compose.yml
• Shared files: /home/ssc/Documents/copyparty/files/
• Content includes: images, audio files (music mixes), screenshots

Network Services#

• SSH on port 22
• RPC on port 111
• CUPS printing on port 631 (localhost)
• Tailscale VPN (listening on Tailscale IPs)

🎨 ASCII Art Styles#

The server features multiple ASCII art styles for "SECRET SERVER CLUB":

1. Classic monospaced - Multi-line elegant font
2. Asterisk/slash design - Modern blocky style with ** and /*
3. Comma-dash style - Simpler retro look with ,- characters

💾 Storage#

• Root partition: 917GB total, 7.9GB used, 872GB available (~1% usage)
• Boot firmware: 510MB (17% used)
• Plenty of space available!

🌙 Moon Phase Feature#

The moon greeting script fetches:

• Current moon phase (e.g., "First Quarter")
• Moonrise time
• Displays with scattered star/moon glyphs: ✧ ･ﾟ ｡ ✦ ° ˚ ☾ ⋆

📊 System Info#

Linux ssc 6.12.47+rpt-rpi-2712 #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 1:6.12.47-1+rpt1
Architecture: aarch64 (ARM 64-bit)
Device: Raspberry Pi (likely Pi 5 based on kernel version)

🎪 Server Culture#

This appears to be a cozy community server where friends:

• Share files via copyparty
• Leave messages for each other
• Enjoy fun ASCII art and moon phase greetings
• Have a "secret server club" vibe

🔒 Security Notes#

• User provisioning script sets home directories to 755 (readable by others)
• Users can explore each other's home directories
• Collaborative, trust-based environment
• SSH key support available in provisioning script

Note: Connection credentials stored separately in aesthetic-computer-vault/.env (not committed to git)