HOWTO setup a small server

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The following notes are written for Debian “Lenny” 5.0 and depend on a minimal installation with static network configuration. The following values must be substituted according to your setup:

server: the hostname of the server
example.com: the domainname of the server
EXAMPLE.COM: the Kerberos REALM (domainname of the server in capital letters)
223.1.2.1: the IP address of the server
255.255.255.0: the netmask of the network

Parts of configuration files that must be modified according to your setup (e.g., the above items) are colored like that: foobar.

Contents of configuration files or program code are presented as listing:

Listing

verbose excerpt of config file or program code

Shell commands are formated this way, where a leading “#” stands for a root shell and “$” a user shell:

# echo "Hello, world!"
$ echo "Hello, world!"

Some extremely useful tools not included in the minimal installation are less, rcconf, screen, file, and locate. Install them with:

# apt-get install less rcconf screen file locate

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