Firewall in Sarge

2004-10-14 Thread Adi Linden
In Debian/Sarge, where is the appropriate place for some iptables rules to deny access to some local ports? Adi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Firewall in Sarge

2004-10-14 Thread Adi Linden
> On my system I put a firewall script in /etc/init.d and have it loaded on startup. > But this is on a LAN. You may want to do things differently for dial-up. It's on a LAN. Sounds like everyone just rolls their own then, no standard place to stick iptables rules. Adi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

cyrus-imap on Sarge

2004-10-15 Thread Adi Linden
I am trying to build cyrus-imap from sources on Sarge. For some reason the ./configure script complains that -ldb-4.2 does no contain a db_create function. Why would that be? /usr/lib/libdb-4.2.so certainly exists. If I build db-4.2 from source and use this to build cyrus-imap all is well. At leas

Re: cyrus-imap on Sarge

2004-10-15 Thread Adi Linden
> You probably need the libdb4.2-dev package installed. Yes, that is installed. Adi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Woody or Sarge

2004-10-04 Thread Adi Linden
I need to build some servers that are hopefully going to be in service for a long time. Most distributions I have been looking at have short support cycles, where in the very near future a significant upgrade/rebuild is required rather than just security fixes. Another solution would be to go with

Headless Installation

2004-10-04 Thread Adi Linden
Is it possible to install a Debian system headless (no keyboard or monitor attached at any time)? A couple of possibilities come to mind. A 'kickstart' like install where a single CD installs a base system with all parameters such as partitioning, network, etc pre-defined. A boot image wh

Re: Headless Installation

2004-10-04 Thread Adi Linden
> You -could- (I stress could here) use 'fai', but I suspect that you'd > consider that overkill on you part. Indeed, I'd agree. What you'd really > want to do is use 'deboostrap' on the headless server. There's plenty of > documentation on how to do this. To use 'deboostrap' I already need a work

Re: Woody or Sarge

2004-10-04 Thread Adi Linden
> If you're satisfied with the existing feature set, are new features > really anywhere near as important as security fixes? Particularly > when it comes to production servers? New features aren't important at all. It is all about maintaining the current state of a server while keeping it secure

How to install MTA from source without breaking apt-get dependencies

2004-10-19 Thread Adi Linden
I am trying to get the postfix MTA to work with cyrus-imap on Debian/Sarge. I think I may have to build postfix from source rather than use the Debian package. However, if I try to remove the postfix Debian package it also removes other things that I don't want to touch, such as mysql-server. How c

Postfix lmtp seg fault

2004-10-19 Thread Adi Linden
I cannot get postfix to deliver mail via lmtp to cyrus-imap. Here are the relevant configuration chunks I added: cyrus.conf: lmtpcyr cmd="lmtpd" listen="/var/run/cyrus/socket/lmtp" prefork=1 master.cf lmtpcyr unix - - n - - lmtp main.cf:

Re: How to install MTA from source without breaking apt-get dependencies

2004-10-19 Thread Adi Linden
> I don't think you need to build postfix from source to use cyrus-imap > (i suspect you need to look carefully at the sasl authentication), but > if you insist, i suggest to use the debian sources and build a debian > package. Anyway, to do what you ask, i think you need to look at the > "equivs"

Creating new inbox Courier-IMAP

2004-10-21 Thread Adi Linden
I am evaluating courier-imap and maildir for a mail server. When the first email is delivered to a local mail account, is the maildir structure automatically created by postfix, maildrop, procmail, etc...? Adi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troub

Debian on Dell PowerEdge 750

2004-10-24 Thread Adi Linden
I am looking for some feedback on the Dell PowerEdge 750. These are some pretty reasonably prices 1U servers, IMHO. I have used PE350 and PE650 with great success an 0% failure rates. The basic Dell PowerEdge 750 comes with SATA (serial ATA) drive and no CD or floppy. I am thinking about deploying