basic server, no gui's

[Les Mikesell]

On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 06:18, Paul Howarth wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-03-25 at 15:45 -0600, hbrhodes wrote:
> > is it terribly hard to set up a server (stick it in the basement you 
> > know), and hook other computers to it?  i'm thinking it would involve a 
> > minimal install, with the server options from the install.  Then i would 
> > have to modify some files like /etc/hosts.allow, deny, an maybe the 
> > firewall (what ports to open up?), and user permissions?
> > 
> > i'm thinking the firewall would be done with iptables, and i could set 
> > group permissions to something like "users" or something.  my goal is to 
> > set up a computer that i can put httpd on, and have it set up so i can 
> > put all my files on it without worrying about losing them if i decide to 
> > format my upstairs computer!
> 
> Here's a good read for you:
> Linux Home Server HOWTO
> http://www.brennan.id.au/

You might also want to consider a distribution other than
fedora for this.  Fedora is fast-changing and includes
a lot of stuff you won't need.  For an appliance-like
server with web administration you might like SME server
from http://www.contribs.org, or if you don't mind
traditional command line administration the single disk
server version of Centos (http://www.centos.org) would
be a nice stable choice.  Most Linux server programs have
been complete and stable for ages.  The version churn in
fedora where you would see improvement mostly relates to
desktop applications.

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  Les Mikesell
   lesmikesell at gmail.com