[olug] Server

[Sam Flint]

Well, back to apache, I have virtual hosts set p, but i can't see my
content, or my userdirs, I'm getting 404.

Sam

On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 7:36 AM, Noel Leistad <noel at metc.net> wrote:
> Postfix has a more "readable" config file than sendmail, the other default
> in RHEL/CentOS. Read good things about exim, probably here on list where
> others use it. I suspect, once you get used to a package, you'll stay there
> for a LONG time until "pain to switch" forces an issue.
>
> I had some initial issues getting Dovecot to talk ldap when RHEL/CentOS
> switched from courier when I did the upgrade.  Works fine now and has since
> rough spots worked out. Doing pop, imap...
>
> Assume you're using passwd for user auth? Or are you going ldap? From past
> experience, I'd say I'm more comfortable security-wise w/ ldap auth and
> virtual users rather than a ton of entries in passwd, but I'm not sure I've
> got reason to back up the feeling. YOUR use-case may also depend on the
> number of users you are considering.
>
> FWIW.
>
>
> On 9/1/2012 10:58 PM, Kevin wrote:
>>
>> I'm afraid that I don't have any specific advice there. Try it and see if
>> it works, read the documentation, look through the config files and change
>> any values that look like what you're looking for......the same process
>> that you'd
>> use if you were installing any software package.
>>
>> On Sep 1, 2012 10:35 PM, "Sam Flint"<harmonicnm7h at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>> ok, so i heard mention of dovecot and postfix, what's your advice?
>>>
>>> Sam
>>>
>>> On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 10:31 PM, Kevin<sharpestmarble at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Apologies; they're in the mod_perl and mod_ssl packages. The default
>>>> repositories should have them. The files that control them are
>>>> /etc/httpd/conf.d/{perl,ssl}.conf
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 9:41 PM, Sam Flint<harmonicnm7h at gmail.com>
>>
>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> no mention of modperl or ssl in the defalt config
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 9:37 PM, Sam Flint<harmonicnm7h at gmail.com>
>>
>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ok
>>>>>>   thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sam
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 8:50 PM, Kevin<sharpestmarble at gmail.com>
>>
>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What distro are you using? I know for a fact that the default
>>>>>>> RHEL/CentOS/etc install of most of those items includes them already
>>>>>>> set up. I'm speaking about mod_ssl, mod_perl, php, virtual hosts,
>>>>>>> userdirs, and bind. I don't know about SMTP or POP; I haven't done
>>>>>>> those myself recently.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 8:32 PM, Sam Flint<harmonicnm7h at gmail.com>
>>
>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> user websites, host/~user, and i was asking for advice on
>>
>> individual items
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Lou Duchez<lou at paprikash.com>
>>
>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Those are basically individual projects, not really
>>
>> interconnected.  So you
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> can get one going and then move on to the next.  Pick a place to
>>
>> start and
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> let's go from there.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> For SSL, you can get free certificates from startssl.com most of
>>
>> the time.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> For POP3 I recommend Dovecot; for SMTP I recommend postfix.  Your
>>
>> mileage
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> may vary.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> You said there will be user dirs; for what purpose, and accessible
>>
>> by what
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> means?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Well, Unfortuanately, I need help setting apache up, I need
>>
>> Mod_SSL
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Mod_perl, and php, and i need three virtualhosts, including one
>>
>> with
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ssl support, along with that i need userdirs setup, along with
>>
>> BIND,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> an SMTP server, and a pop server, any suggestions on ways of going
>>>>>>>>>> about it?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Sam
>>>>>>>>>>
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