HOWTO setup a small server
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Notations
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