At 11:45 AM 5/9/98 +0000, Doug Peterson wrote:
>I'm setting up a linux box (currently 4.1, possibly upgrading to 5.0
>before i do this) that will be on the internet via ISDN 24/7. It will
>have mail/web/name/etc etc servers running on it. I know theres got
>to be a site where someone documented the steps they took while doing
>this same thing or something similar. Does anyone know where I could
>find something like this? i've done searching and have come up pretty
>much empty handed.
>
>If anyone has any sites or has done something similar, and has any
>advice, it would be greatly appreciated if you would pass it along to
>me.
http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs howto has alot of docs to help you out.
I'd suggest you not use 4.1 I don't believe upgrade packages are released
for it anymore.
So, use 5.0 and check out redhat's web site. Upgrade all packages you use,
that are in the errata and, turn off all unneeded packages....one being
gated. Gated is rarely used, and it was an oversite on redhat's part to
have it turned on by default upon install.
To turn off a package from the command line and have it so it won't load on
bootup anymore.
cd /etc/rc.d/rc3.d
ls
./S60lpd.init stop
mv S60lpd.init D60ldp.init
That will make it easier to turn it on, if in the future you decide to play
with a printer.
MAIL
There are afew Mail Transport Agents to choose from.
qmail http://www.qmail.org
sendmail http://www.sendmail.org
zmailer http://www.zmailer.org
I think most people these days are going for qmail...though you may want to
stick with sendmail, because it should be working properly after your install.
WEB
Most use apache....Use apache. http://www.apache.org
NAMED
If you use the default bind package that is installed with redhat make sure
you upgrade it ASAP with the patch from the errata.
Or you could (should) get the bind-8.1.1 which is in
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/contrib/i386 The DNS howto is now based on 8.1.1
http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/howto/DNS-HOWTO
ETC
Probably the most important howto to read is the RPM-HOWTO
rpm -qil packagename.rpm Will give you much info on it.
rpm -Uvh packagename.rpm Will UPGRADE an OLD package.
rpm -ivh packagename.rpm Will INSTALL a NEW package.
rpm -q apache Will tell you the version of apache you have
installed.
Good luck.
Dan
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