Looking for Help in several areas

Robin Laing Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca
Tue Apr 5 17:16:23 UTC 2005


Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 08:01 -0400, Tim Holmes wrote:
> 
>>The specific areas that I am hitting problems include
>>
>>- Establishing a DAV server for mozilla calander
>>- Getting samba working properly in a WIN 2003 Server domain
>>(authentication / File sharing)
>>- Establishing a Local Time Server
>>- Establishing a Fedora Core Repository for updates
>>- Properly configuring Sendmail
>>- Properly configuring Mailman
>>- Implementing some kind of internal IM for our school (Jabber looks
>>like the most likely candidate)
>>- Getting NIS (if necessary working)
>>- Getting NFS working among Linux boxes
>>- Preparing for FC3 upgrade to all of my FC2 boxes
>>
> 
> 
> That's a heck of a list you have there. But it's pretty much all "on-
> topic" for this list. Just post your questions separately, so that each
> discussion can be about a single topic. And in each one, give as much
> detail as you can (including what you have tried and where you have
> succeeded or failed). Make it easier for others to help you.
> 
> I have two documents which may help you. The first is my "Bare-Bones
> Server HOWTO" which deals with the installation of a minimal server,
> reasonable security measures to reduce the risk, and the firewall
> configuration for that box. It is not yet 100% complete but it will at
> least be useful to you.
> 
> The other is the "Sendmail SMTP AUTH HOWTO". It will help you quickly
> configure a working Sendmail installation to allow roaming users to
> relay through that server, without opening up unnecessary security holes
> or making you do much work. It is only one step in setting up a good
> mail server, but it may be useful.
> 
> Both documents can be found in the Linux section of Simpaticus.com:
> 
> http://www.simpaticus.com
> 
> Two other comments. One is that if you're "preparing to upgrade" a bunch
> of boxes, you might want to consider waiting for the release of FC4
> which is not that far away. The other is that I would suggest first
> working on basic network services (router, firewall, DHCP, DNS, NTP),
> then approaching the rest in descending order of priority for your work
> requirements. But try to do one thing at a time, or two at most...
> you'll likely get more done in less time that way.
> 
> Other resources have already been posted, and surely you'll see others
> soon. Cheers,
> 

Missed the original post but this I would start looking at the Linux 
Documentation Project.
     http://www.tldp.org/
Look through the how to's and guides for the topics.

Many of these may already be on your computer if you installed all the 
documentation.   Check under /usr/share/doc/

-- 
Robin Laing




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