[plug] Server help

[Jeff Williams]

Is this a fun learning experience or you just want a system up and running?

For the former I'd start at The Linux Documentation Project 
(http://www.tldp.org/) and read the various HOWTO's on the area's that 
you've out lined.

For the later you should bring your computer it to one of the gatherings 
of people at the University Computer Club at the University of WA. I 
haven't actually been, but it seems like the right place. Someone will 
have to tell you when though as I can't find it on the web page (why?).

You're next option of course is to pay someone to do it, but thats no fun:)

Anyway, based on your requirements (note these are just my suggestions, 
opinion will vary):

internet/ADSL: not sure of the tool to set it up under redhat
proxy: squid
email server: postfix
firewall: iptables
Contacts and calendar sharing/coordination i.e. Microsoft outlook: not sure.
virus protection: protecting who? The server itself doesn't need it, but 
the clients (assuming that they're windows clients) will need the same 
protection as any other time.
print server: run printtool i think.
backing up: get some sort of backup media (another dh, tape, nfs...) and 
set up a cron job to do it automatically.

Of course unless there's a good reason for redhat I'd recommend debian 
for a server, but that's not a discussion path to go down.

JEff

mmavrick wrote:

>Hi Tony,
>
>I need a server that is internet/ADSL gateway/proxy server, email server
>,file sharing, firewall, virus protection, Contacts and calendar
>sharing/coordination i.e. Microsoft outlook
>Print server, backup all important data regularly (i.e. Norton's Ghost).
>
>NOT MUCH...
>
>-R
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tony Clark [mailto:tclark at telia.com]
>Sent: Friday, 6 September 2002 1:04
>To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
>Subject: Re: [plug] Server help
>
>
>You may need to define a typical home network a little more but here I have
>only a few basic services enabled.
>
>samba - So the wife's windows machine can access a common pool of mp3s and
>avis.
>NFS, unusal, but in my case I am adding a couple of diskless PCs (using
>linux)
>to provide additional processing power during my video editing sessions.
>The
>files need to available to all machines during a session.  You'll need NFS
>if
>you have a MAC with OSX on it as well.
>
>Appletalk or what ever it is, if you have an old MAC
>
>SSH so I can log in from anywhere provided my net access hasn't died.
>
>ntpd (Network time), so I know when I am running late :)
>
>I also have webmin installed so I can copy files to and from my home machine
>while at my work machine.  We are hopelessly firewalled off so it is the
>easyist way and quite secure.
>
>You may want a web server or ftp server or any number of other servers
>depending on what you are doing.  Add them when and if you find you need
>them.  More services running more services which can be attacked from the
>net, so less is better.
>
>tony
>
>
>On Thursday 05 September 2002 09.53, mmavrick wrote:
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>>Can anybody help my with setting up a home server running Redhat 7.3. Are
>>there any suggestions or tips that you could pass on to me.
>>I have no Linux backround AT ALL, so any advise would be useful...
>>
>>-Regan "mmav" Frank
>>    
>>
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