[plug] Starting up a server

[Leon Brooks]

Daniel Pearson wrote:
> Talking about networking and the sort.. does anyone know of any FAQ's,
> Tutorials on starting up a server from scratch? IE. What needs to be
> configured for basically telnetd, httpd, ftpd, pop3 etc..

Just install any RedHat or Mandrake distribution, say "Yes" to
everything and you've got the lot. Working, but not necessarily well.
Remember to update wu-ftpd, bind and a few other things immediately. (-:

Next, go through the services and switch off anything you don't need
(APMd, probably AMd, maybe SaMBa, maybe NFSd, and so on; on Mandrake
turn off SendMail and use PostScript, run at most one SQL database and
one FTP server). Then you might like to fine-tune the core services
(DNS, webserver et al), turn off telnet and install some kind of
SecureSHell daemon.

Read the NET-3-HOWTO before you start.

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