Thanks for offering to loan your copy of PQMagic for the Installfest. I
think we'll give the Open Source options a run through before the event;
if they cause problems we'll revert to PQMagic.
Concerning your server, I would move to another distro. I personally use
Gentoo, but for your applications you may want to go with Debian. I like
Gentoo since its so customizable, and the fact that everything is compiled
from the source code speeds up the computer a fair amount.
For Apache file permissions, directories should be 755 and files should be
644 as I understand it. I've always had a hard time with Samba and file
permissions, so I would leave that to someone else.
Apache and Samba config files can be very unique to what you are trying to
accomplish with both - the only thing I can really suggest is to copy
the config files onto a disk before your wipe out so you don't have to
start from scratch!
Sincerely,
Ryan Caron
ACM Secretary
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 11:27:37 -0500
From: Pete Wason <rogue(a)hynoom.com>
Subject: Re: [Wlug] Repartitioning for Installfest
To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org>
Message-ID: <40460779.7090306(a)hynoom.com>
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Martin, Eric wrote:
> What are you looking for as far as help?
>
I'm running RH8.0 on my server.
a. I'm not sure if I should continue to use RH as support has expired, and I
can't affort their enterprise version.
b. I'm not sure of/satisfied with my Apache configuration
c. I'm not sure of/satisfied with my Samba configuration
d. I'm not sure of/satisfied with general file permissions as they relate to (b
and c)
e. I want to install tcpserver and qmail, and disable sendmail (which I'm not
using anyway)
Network: CAT-5 ethernet
Server: Dell 600SC/RH8.0 (http, samba, sshd, etc.)
Router: LinkSys BEFSR81, on a cablemodem...
Wkstns: Pegasos I/Morphos 1.4 (samba server also, I think)
Clone PC/Win2000 Pro (windows shares, printer)
Amiga 3000D/AmigaOS3.1 (printer, accesses shares via smbfs)
Amiga 3000D/AmigaOS3.1 (smbfs)
Sony Vaio laptop/WinXP Home (windows shares)
Questions, Comments:
1. Is it normal that my http port should be getting hit hundreds of times a day
with intrusion attacks aimed at an NT server? Strange days indeed...
2. I also am constantly bombarded with hundreds of virus-infected spam
messages; right now I'm using a mailserver in NJ -- when I get mine set up,
I'll switch.
3. I find it strange and somewhat disturbing that if I have my laptop booted to
the logon screen, I can connect to its shares via samba - without a password!
Is this normal (read: goofy) windows security?
4. If I didn't have to spend all my time looking for a job, doing part-time
work on the side, and acting as non-paid VP of an ill-fated (so far) software
startup, I could just hunker down and learn all this stuff myself. Right now,
that's not an option.
Pete
