"This is a detailed description about the steps to be taken to setup a Ubuntu based server (Ubuntu 5.0.4 - The Hoary Hedgehog) that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters (web server (SSL-capable), mail server (with SMTP-AUTH and TLS), DNS server, FTP server, MySQL server, POP3/POP3s/IMAP/IMAPs, Quota, Firewall, etc.)."
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2005-09-03
well. instead of run down of setting packages using source/rpm's/deb files. we all wud benifit by a comparision of load testing on all the big bulls (i.e :- Redhat-fedor , Suse , Debian, and child distros like Ubuntu-kubuntu.
(well why dont i do it the.... well then "I" might do it then.... well ok. I will wait for it.)
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No, it's actually Ubuntu 5.04.
You can see it on the website: http://ubuntulinux.org/
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2005-06-29
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This is the worst HOWTO I ever read. There is NO explanation what this setup will create NOR is it secure or suitable other than for kids to play on their homeboxen. Postfix has not disabled plaintext without ssl so every client pointing to server:25 and not issuing STARTTLS will get transmit passwords in cleartext. Did I hear ISP? Where is virtual domain support? Are you supposed to have all your mailaccounts in /etc/passwd. What is that Apache setup meant for? Disabling PHP and running php scripts as CGI with Suexec? Ever heard of suphp?
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So you opensource argument is basically that your whining is more important than anyone elses contributions.
The article was okay, especially for someone who has yet to experience the full horror of the debian config tools. I generally just edit the config files.
As for sending peoples passwds in cleartext, so what. Normal POP3, FTP etc do that. You make it out as some big deal. So its not the most secure thing on the planet. However most clients run Windows, so generally thats the major weakpoint anyways. Should he setup Postfix to check the version of Windows you are running? Perhaps checking if you have malware prevention tools installed as well. Require the client to jump through hoops and use webmail over SSL instead?
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This is a tutorial for setting Ubuntu to make it ready for ISPConfig: http://www.ispconfig.org/
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2005-07-08
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Agreed.
Ubuntu development has had a lot of focus on the desktop side of things. I don't see it as a good choice for a server being that it is based on debian's unstable branch.
Servers (unless they are a server for x terminals) should not be running xorg and ubuntu (as far as I've seen) doesn't come with any great text mode config tools.
- Jesse McNelis
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2005-07-12
Why is Ubuntu the only distro highlighted here? This could just as well be some info on ISPConfig (mentioned by some others).
More howto's for ISPConfig:
http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_debian_sarge (Debian)
http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_fedora_core_4 (fedora)
http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_mandrake_10_2 (Mandrake/Mandriva)
http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_suse_10.0 (SuSE 10)
http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_suse_9.3 (SuSE 9.3)
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Try installing Ubuntu server using non-English locale. You end up with an UTF-8 system whose most important commandline tools (eg. dselect, mc, ...) are unusable due to missing UTF-8 support. See http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5517
