On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 11:33:39PM -0500, Pete Wason wrote:
Things I might require help with:
I can't help, but.... (and mind you, these are merely my OPINIONS)
1. Samba config
Easy. Install from RPM's, and follow the instructions in /etc/samba/smb.conf (or similar). It should take less than a few hours if you've never done it before. Less than 30 minutes, otherwise.
2. Apache config
Again, install from RPMs, edit /etc/apache/httpd.conf as per the inline instructions. One to a few hours again.
3. Disable sendmail, inst/conf tcpserver and qmail
http://www.lifewithqmail.org Do whatever they say there, I swear. Step by step. First you have to patch up the qmail dist to make it reasonable. I added at least one more patch myself (SMTP-AUTH). 1-2 days if you've never done it before. After I figured out what I was doing I preferred to blow away my installation and do it again. That took 2-3 hours. Make sure you read and understand the qmail Big Picture (http://www.nrg4u.com/). That helped me a lot in my understanding of how qmail is put together, which in turned helped me to effectively hack in my customizations.
4. Some general Linux admin questions 5. Some special-project-related things
Well, you can certainly address the list.
6. Possibly ditching RH8 and moving to YD or Debian
Dell will tell you to suck it, support-wise, if you do that. But you might be happier in the long run. The system I set up had some unfamiliar-to-me hardware such as as raid controller, system monitoring stuff, so we chose to leave it stock. If you do this, I'd recommend making it step 1, instead of 6, however. :) -Chuck