In the days of SLES7, I was able to create my own selection file so that I didn't have to do the "install too much, then remove the excess" dance. I haven't tried it with SLES8, so I don't know if that still works or not.
The vsftpd is a very good one, but with fewer flexibility/capabilities than others. That's probably why it's so secure in the first place. Apparently it is very secure indeed, particularly when compared against some of the other choices. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rod Furey Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 3:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Newbie question about minumum installation > 2.) a minimum selection of > software packages with SLES8 ( for e.g. a web- or FTP server?) A quick perusal of the SUSE website shows that you seem to have a choice of Apache, Apache or Apache in SLES8. Or anything that you decide to try and build and install yourself which SUSE chose not to. FTP servers: there seems to be pure-ftpd and vsftpd. pure-ftp is pretty easy to set up in principle, i.e. it was for me. Dunno about vsftpd, not used it. As always, you should consider security when making a choice. Read the docs and see what they offer. It struck me that what I do when installing SUSE on the x86 boxes is use YaST to remove those things that I don't want (e.g. infra-red, ISDN etc.) As always, it depends(1) on what you think you need. I tend to get the base install done and then use YaST to remove those extras afterwards. Doesn't take too long to remove the obvious things. Any pre-reqs will be flagged. Rod (1) I really wish I'd trademarked this before Bitner did (along with this internet superhighway stuff that I was proposing in the late 70s). I'd be the one with lots of money now instead of him! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
