discuss: Linux Home Server - HOWTO Document Proposal
Subject:
Re: Linux Home Server - HOWTO Document Proposal
From:
"Christopher Priest" ####@####.####
Date:
24 Nov 2004 16:34:03 -0000
Message-Id: <005e01c4d244$59a967e0$6500a8c0@hydrogen>
I'm am really in favour of the kind of document Michael is talking about. I
don't know what to call it though. Overview, review, summary etc. none seem
good. At the university you see a review of current literature for each
major topic about every two years. It would be nice to see the overview
before reading the specifics.
It would be great to know where to start where there are several different
and competing methods.
/Chris Priest
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael H. Collins" ####@####.####
To: ####@####.####
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 9:05 AM
Subject: Re: Linux Home Server - HOWTO Document Proposal
> I don't say much here and i waited to see this thread go for a while.
>
> I think this document is not in the unix way which is lots of small
> programs working together. To me all the individual subjects in this
> proposed document should have their own document as most already do.
>
> And then there are things like yum/up2date which are distrocentric and
> really put me off. And who would run sendmail when there is postfix etc.
>
> I can see a document showing how to put all these things together but it
> would IMHO have to be a real general doc showing what choices there are
> to do these things, but not with specific software hardcoded in. A list
> of packages one could use to get to the result would be nice. Then
> point to each of the documents for implementation.
>
> If I wrote this doc it would contain one four letter word.
>
> RTFM :-))
>
>
> just my 2 cents.
>
>
> David Lawyer wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 05:05:24PM +1000, Miles Brennan wrote:
> >
> >>G'day All,
> >>
> >
> >> 1. Modem Configurations (USB and Ether)
> >
> > Cable or DSL Modems (but that's too long)
> >
> >> 2. Network Configs
> >> 3. IPTables Concepts
> >> 4. Yum / Up2date
> >
> > What about apt-get for Debian?
> >
> >> 5. Dynamic IP / DDNS
> >> - DDNS Internet Services
> >> - DDNS automation scripts
> >> 6. NTP
> >> - ntpd config
> >> - Client Config
> >> 7. DHCPD
> >> 8. Apache Web Server
> >> - Implement SSL Certs
> >> - URL Write Mod
> >> - Webmail
> >> - Virtual Hosts
> >> 9. Sendmail
> >
> > or sendmail "clones" like exim?
> >
> >> - Some hardening considerations
> >> - Mail Aliases
> >> - IMAP Mailboxes
> >> - Spamassasin / Clamav
> >> 10. BIND
> >> - Internal Config
> >> - External Cached
> >> 11. Squid Caching Proxy
> >> - Access Controls
> >> 12. SAMBA
> >> - User Accounts
> >> - Network Printing
> >> - Shared Directories
> >> 13. Shared Address Books (LDAP)
> >> 14. System Backup Scripts
> >>
> >>
> >>Please let me know your thoughts on the concept, as it isn't yet set in
> >>concrete, and I value your opinions. Somethings may be added / dropped.
> >
> >
> > Look good so you should go ahead with it, although I don't know the
> > subject very well.
> >
> > For a simple alternative to DocBook markup see my mini howto:
> > Howtos-with-LinuxDoc. The LinuxDoc format is much easier to learn and
> > use but is technically inferior to DocBook. The url is
> >
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/Howtos-with-LinuxDoc.html
> > David Lawyer
> >
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