Submission: Home Server Setup Guide

[Gavin Henry]

<quote who="Miles Brennan">
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> G'day to all,
>
> As Karsten queried a few weeks earlier, yes I’m one of those lurking,
> too busy at the moment, don't know where to begin, never used CVS and
> not sure what to do - classic post and you caught me out ;)
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> Over the new year break I wrote the 'Linux Home Server HOWTO'
> (http://www.brennan.id.au).
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> It is a complete HOWTO for setting up a Linux gateway server connected
> to the Internet and providing network resources to the internal
> workstations (MS/Linux). Firewall/Samba/DNS/NTP/FTP guides etc...

My comments to the FDSCo list (aimed at Miles, to be sent to him later)

Excellent, but all this shouldn't be on a Gateway server ;-)

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> It was originally written for FC3 so some of it may need a little
> tweaking as I haven't yet updated it. However it is a complete HOWTO, 20
> chapters in all (~180 pages when printed).
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> I now offer it for comment / criticism / appraisal / submission.

I have had a quick scan and first impressions are that it's good to see
someone who knows what they are talking about!

9/10 these guides are compiled from many other guides and make the same
mistakes.

How did I come to this conclusion? Well, in guides like this, if there is
an LDAP section, I check straight away that the BDB backend is used, then
I see that, I know that they have a clue.

http://www.brennan.id.au/20-Shared_Address_Book_LDAP.html#config


Welcome aboard and I look forward to reviewing the rest of your excellent
guide.

Gavin.


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