Help:Server install setup

[Frozenfireside]

Hi
I have a slight issue and I hope you guys can help (I'm sure you can).
I am a Linux noob. I'm just learning and it's not easy, but then again, nothing is.

I have the following setup to install:
3 HDDs> main HDD for system files and installs, 2nd HDD for webserver content and proxy server web cache and a 3rd for user mail boxes.

I'm putting together a test mail and webserver and I have found some apps to install.

They are as follows:
Sendmail
Squid
IPtables
Apache
POP2, POP3 and IMAP 4 daemons
LEAF firewall
FTP

I want to restrict the mailbox to 50megs, implement resource limits and port sentry.

I want to configure these apps and redirect data to particular locations/hard drives.This is a biggie

I have started to get it sorted and I'm installing everything on Fedora 9.

Please give me advice-you don't have to bash out an entire command to install the app (only if you want) but just some pointers on efficiency when it comes to directories and file systems and so on.

Linux is great! I love it! but it's somewhat hard to get right if you have no clue...like me

regards
Frozen

[Nuke]

Rather use postfix instead of sendmail, far easier and newer. For pop and imap use Courier. While you are at it, also load Bind for DNS caching. I would also surgest you use a SQL bakend for your Couries and postfix. On our setup I use the following, Squid, Bind, Apache, Postfix, Asterisk, Exim(its easier to use exim to start your AV and anti-spam than postfix) Courier I'm currently testing and its the best I tested.

Here the guide I used as basics for my Courier it has some good tips on Postfix too.
http://www.howtoforge.com/virtual-users ... ubuntu8.04

Here two basic guide I have written on bind and squid, I posted them here too somewhere.
http://randomnetworking.site90.net/docs ... 20v0.1.pdf
http://randomnetworking.site90.net/docs ... 20v0.1.pdf

Don't put your play server into production, reinstall the OS after you generated all of the proper configs. Less chance for things making funny later and then you have to figure out why. A long forgotten piece of config can really p*ss you off later.

Last, for production I would surgest you use Ubuntu server. A server don't need a GUI, I accually prefer no GUI, less that can consume resources and less that can break.

[Frozenfireside]

Thank you!

[Prime]

http://www.strangehorizons.com/2004/200 ... dger.shtml

How to install linux on a badger

Sorry, i couldn't resist

[Frozenfireside]