Re: [expert] Setting up a locked down firewall intranet server
If you select & de-select X, it will still install linuxconf, but that's not just a GUI tool; it's the curses version that will be installed, and it's a handy tool. Monte Milanuk wrote: > > Tried that... It insists on installing drakconf or some such gui tool, > and I presume the requisite X environment. > > Monte > > "Joseph S. Gardner" wrote: > > > > Monte Milanuk wrote: > > > > > O.K. I am going to take the plunge. I am getting an ISDN line put in, > > > and will get a terminal adapter ISDN modem. Since the local internet > > > provider's ISDN account has an unlimited access plan, this box will > > > probably be up and online a lot of the time. Currently I use Freesco > > > 0.25 running from a 3.5" floppy to act as a firewall/router/dialup > > > gateway on a spare Celeron266 w/ 64MB RAM. I would like to 'upgrade' > > > this to an full blown intranet server/firewall/gateway running on a PII > > > 400 w/ 128MB RAM, and about 24GB of hard drive space. I hope to have > > > this box serving > > > DHCP, DNS, Samba, NFS, xntp, mail, news, squid, etc., and maybe X > > > (vnc). The one thing that this box really doesn't need is multimedia ( > > > sound, or graphics, etc). I would like to admin the box over the local > > > network using Webmin. > > > > > > Now on to the main topic of this post: How the heck can I get LM 7.0 to > > > install w/o X? I can make a boot disk for a text-mode network install, > > > but the install program insists on adding the X Window system and > > > KDE/Gnome, etc. I don't want/need them, so do I just have to put up w/ > > > this and remove them after the install? Also, would I be better off > > > doing this sort of setup w/ LM 6.1 instead? > > > > > > Monte > > > > > > __ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > > > http://im.yahoo.com > > > > If you install in an expert / server mode you should be able to select the > > packages to be installed. Just don't select X... > > > > -- > > Joseph S. Gardner > > Senior Designer / Technical Support > > Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Linux is like a wigwam... > > No windows, no gates. > > Apache inside > > > > Registered linux user #1696600 > > ICQ #63389227 > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com -- "Brian, the man from babble-on" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brian T. Schellenberger http://www.babbleon.org Support http://www.eff.org. Support decss defendents. Support http://www.programming-freedom.org. Boycott amazon.com.
Re: [expert] Setting up a locked down firewall intranet server
I did a text-based network install, entering 'expert' at the boot: prompt, and deselected everything I didn't want/need, then went into 'Select individual packages', and further cleaned house. Towards the end, I found that the boxes for 'X11/X Windows', 'X11/KDE', and 'X11/Gnome' could not be unselected, no matter what. This caused a number of packages to be installed, plus other ones I had already unselected (i.e. gnomba required samba, which I had deselected in favor of getting the new 2.07, etc). So much for a 'custom' install. Anyway, I finished the install, mounted a NFS partition from the other machine, installed webmin, and am now ready to go ahead and start setting things up. Anybody out there have any experience configuring things from scratch using Webmin? Monte --- "Brian T. Schellenberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just use a custom install and click twice on the X stuff > to select & the > de-select it all. > > I have a non-X server running. > > On the other hand, it would be safer to keep the existing > Celeron266 for > a firewall/router (it's more than sufficient) and use > another (possibly > higher-powered) box for the server. > FWIW. > > Monte Milanuk wrote: > > > > O.K. I am going to take the plunge. I am getting an > ISDN line put in, > > and will get a terminal adapter ISDN modem. Since the > local internet > > provider's ISDN account has an unlimited access plan, > this box will > > probably be up and online a lot of the time. Currently > I use Freesco > > 0.25 running from a 3.5" floppy to act as a > firewall/router/dialup > > gateway on a spare Celeron266 w/ 64MB RAM. I would > like to 'upgrade' > > this to an full blown intranet server/firewall/gateway > running on a PII > > 400 w/ 128MB RAM, and about 24GB of hard drive space. > I hope to have > > this box serving > > DHCP, DNS, Samba, NFS, xntp, mail, news, squid, etc., > and maybe X > > (vnc). The one thing that this box really doesn't need > is multimedia ( > > sound, or graphics, etc). I would like to admin the > box over the local > > network using Webmin. > > > > Now on to the main topic of this post: How the heck > can I get LM 7.0 to > > install w/o X? I can make a boot disk for a text-mode > network install, > > but the install program insists on adding the X Window > system and > > KDE/Gnome, etc. I don't want/need them, so do I just > have to put up w/ > > this and remove them after the install? Also, would I > be better off > > doing this sort of setup w/ LM 6.1 instead? > > > > Monte > > > > __ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > > http://im.yahoo.com > > -- > "Brian, the man from babble-on" > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Brian T. Schellenberger > http://www.babbleon.org > Support http://www.eff.org. Support > decss defendents. > Support http://www.programming-freedom.org. Boycott amazon.com. = "Here, catch! Don't worry, it won't bite...BBPPP!!!...much " What an unsuspecting mechanic hears as he learns to never, ever, play 'Catch' with a bored electrician ;) Monte Milanuk __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online and get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/
Re: [expert] Setting up a locked down firewall intranet server
you can always use rpm to uninstall things you don't want. Gavin > Tried that... It insists on installing drakconf or some such gui tool, > and I presume the requisite X environment. > > Monte > "Joseph S. Gardner" wrote: >> >> Monte Milanuk wrote: >> > Now on to the main topic of this post: How the heck can I get LM 7.0 to >> > install w/o X? I can make a boot disk for a text-mode network install, >> > but the install program insists on adding the X Window system and >> > KDE/Gnome, etc. I don't want/need them, so do I just have to put up w/ >> > this and remove them after the install? Also, would I be better off >> > doing this sort of setup w/ LM 6.1 instead? >> > >> If you install in an expert / server mode you should be able to select the >> packages to be installed. Just don't select X... >>
Re: [expert] Setting up a locked down firewall intranet server
Just use a custom install and click twice on the X stuff to select & the de-select it all. I have a non-X server running. On the other hand, it would be safer to keep the existing Celeron266 for a firewall/router (it's more than sufficient) and use another (possibly higher-powered) box for the server. FWIW. Monte Milanuk wrote: > > O.K. I am going to take the plunge. I am getting an ISDN line put in, > and will get a terminal adapter ISDN modem. Since the local internet > provider's ISDN account has an unlimited access plan, this box will > probably be up and online a lot of the time. Currently I use Freesco > 0.25 running from a 3.5" floppy to act as a firewall/router/dialup > gateway on a spare Celeron266 w/ 64MB RAM. I would like to 'upgrade' > this to an full blown intranet server/firewall/gateway running on a PII > 400 w/ 128MB RAM, and about 24GB of hard drive space. I hope to have > this box serving > DHCP, DNS, Samba, NFS, xntp, mail, news, squid, etc., and maybe X > (vnc). The one thing that this box really doesn't need is multimedia ( > sound, or graphics, etc). I would like to admin the box over the local > network using Webmin. > > Now on to the main topic of this post: How the heck can I get LM 7.0 to > install w/o X? I can make a boot disk for a text-mode network install, > but the install program insists on adding the X Window system and > KDE/Gnome, etc. I don't want/need them, so do I just have to put up w/ > this and remove them after the install? Also, would I be better off > doing this sort of setup w/ LM 6.1 instead? > > Monte > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com -- "Brian, the man from babble-on" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brian T. Schellenberger http://www.babbleon.org Support http://www.eff.org. Support decss defendents. Support http://www.programming-freedom.org. Boycott amazon.com.
Re: [expert] Setting up a locked down firewall intranet server
Tried that... It insists on installing drakconf or some such gui tool, and I presume the requisite X environment. Monte "Joseph S. Gardner" wrote: > > Monte Milanuk wrote: > > > O.K. I am going to take the plunge. I am getting an ISDN line put in, > > and will get a terminal adapter ISDN modem. Since the local internet > > provider's ISDN account has an unlimited access plan, this box will > > probably be up and online a lot of the time. Currently I use Freesco > > 0.25 running from a 3.5" floppy to act as a firewall/router/dialup > > gateway on a spare Celeron266 w/ 64MB RAM. I would like to 'upgrade' > > this to an full blown intranet server/firewall/gateway running on a PII > > 400 w/ 128MB RAM, and about 24GB of hard drive space. I hope to have > > this box serving > > DHCP, DNS, Samba, NFS, xntp, mail, news, squid, etc., and maybe X > > (vnc). The one thing that this box really doesn't need is multimedia ( > > sound, or graphics, etc). I would like to admin the box over the local > > network using Webmin. > > > > Now on to the main topic of this post: How the heck can I get LM 7.0 to > > install w/o X? I can make a boot disk for a text-mode network install, > > but the install program insists on adding the X Window system and > > KDE/Gnome, etc. I don't want/need them, so do I just have to put up w/ > > this and remove them after the install? Also, would I be better off > > doing this sort of setup w/ LM 6.1 instead? > > > > Monte > > > > __ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > > http://im.yahoo.com > > If you install in an expert / server mode you should be able to select the > packages to be installed. Just don't select X... > > -- > Joseph S. Gardner > Senior Designer / Technical Support > Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Linux is like a wigwam... > No windows, no gates. > Apache inside > > Registered linux user #1696600 > ICQ #63389227 __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: [expert] Setting up a locked down firewall intranet server
Monte Milanuk wrote: > O.K. I am going to take the plunge. I am getting an ISDN line put in, > and will get a terminal adapter ISDN modem. Since the local internet > provider's ISDN account has an unlimited access plan, this box will > probably be up and online a lot of the time. Currently I use Freesco > 0.25 running from a 3.5" floppy to act as a firewall/router/dialup > gateway on a spare Celeron266 w/ 64MB RAM. I would like to 'upgrade' > this to an full blown intranet server/firewall/gateway running on a PII > 400 w/ 128MB RAM, and about 24GB of hard drive space. I hope to have > this box serving > DHCP, DNS, Samba, NFS, xntp, mail, news, squid, etc., and maybe X > (vnc). The one thing that this box really doesn't need is multimedia ( > sound, or graphics, etc). I would like to admin the box over the local > network using Webmin. > > Now on to the main topic of this post: How the heck can I get LM 7.0 to > install w/o X? I can make a boot disk for a text-mode network install, > but the install program insists on adding the X Window system and > KDE/Gnome, etc. I don't want/need them, so do I just have to put up w/ > this and remove them after the install? Also, would I be better off > doing this sort of setup w/ LM 6.1 instead? > > Monte > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com If you install in an expert / server mode you should be able to select the packages to be installed. Just don't select X... -- Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux is like a wigwam... No windows, no gates. Apache inside Registered linux user #1696600 ICQ #63389227
[expert] Setting up a locked down firewall intranet server
O.K. I am going to take the plunge. I am getting an ISDN line put in, and will get a terminal adapter ISDN modem. Since the local internet provider's ISDN account has an unlimited access plan, this box will probably be up and online a lot of the time. Currently I use Freesco 0.25 running from a 3.5" floppy to act as a firewall/router/dialup gateway on a spare Celeron266 w/ 64MB RAM. I would like to 'upgrade' this to an full blown intranet server/firewall/gateway running on a PII 400 w/ 128MB RAM, and about 24GB of hard drive space. I hope to have this box serving DHCP, DNS, Samba, NFS, xntp, mail, news, squid, etc., and maybe X (vnc). The one thing that this box really doesn't need is multimedia ( sound, or graphics, etc). I would like to admin the box over the local network using Webmin. Now on to the main topic of this post: How the heck can I get LM 7.0 to install w/o X? I can make a boot disk for a text-mode network install, but the install program insists on adding the X Window system and KDE/Gnome, etc. I don't want/need them, so do I just have to put up w/ this and remove them after the install? Also, would I be better off doing this sort of setup w/ LM 6.1 instead? Monte __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
