[linux-help] Re: I want to set up a linux server at home. Please aim me at the correct package and howto

["Michael Holmes" <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Jeremy King" <soapboxalpha@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 12:25 PM
Subject: [linux-help] Re: I want to set up a linux server at home. Please
aim me at the correct package and howto


>
> I can't tell you anything specific (I'm no expert
> myself), but you'll probably need to be more specific
> in stating your goals.  You say you want a
> server--what services should your server be offering,
> and to whom?

The server would just be here at home, I want to use it as a fire wall,
email server\

If you want to set it up "like a
> company", do you want to set up an internet server or
> an intranet server?

intranet.  I also want to be able to serve windoz machines.  Be able to back
up my laptop from the lan cable.  More than anything, I want to get some
network experience with the linux box.  I went out and got a 56K irq
settable modem (linux)

 It's one thing to set up a box so
> that your own lan can use it effectively--it's quite
> another to get a box up and running on the internet.
>
> As to what "package" you should be looking for, I
> doubt that you will find a single package that turns a
> workstation into a server--you'll need to research
> each service you plan to provide, then choose a
> package that can provide that service, then configure
> that package correctly.  Here is a list of services,
> and some of the packages that I know about:
>
> Service          Packages
> ----------       ----------
> DNS              bind
> email            sendmail, postfix, exim
> web              apache
> ftp              proftp, wu-ftp
> ip-masquerading  ipmasq
> proxy            squid, wwwoffle
>
> Some of these may already be installed on a default RH
> installation, others may require you to do a "server"
> or "custom" install.
>
> Jeremy
>
> --- Michael Holmes <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I have a junker pentium and a 50 gig hard drive.  I
> > am wanting to set up a linux server, if anything to
> > learn how.  Please aim to the proper package to use
> > with red hat and the proper how to to read.  I have
> > off until next thursday.  I want to set up mail and
> > everything, like it was for a company.  (for the
> > practice of doing it)
> >
> > Thanks;
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
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