On Tue, 28 Feb 2006, Ian P. Christian wrote:
> I think here in lies the problem - everyone has different needs from thier
> servers. Personally, I need X on one of my servers, http://shurl.net needs it
> to create thumbnails of websites.
Why? Is it using ImageMagick to do thumbnails? You can inst
> > - put a dhcp client back in system. Not having that sucks,
> and we can
> > spare the 135kB installed.
>
> I suppose this is ok, though I still think this needs to be
> up to the admin. Its not just the concern about the space it
> uses, but its another piece of a puzzle someone may not w
Patrick Lauer wrote:
> I've been thinking about a restricted profile for servers. It should be
> minimal (no crap useflags) and as secure as possible by default.
> What I think should be in there:
I've actually been meaning to work through such a profile for a while
now, just haven't had time yet
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Well,
I think that metalog for a syslog daemon, and a nice metalog config file that
sets file limits and
maxium storage of up to two weeks is nice for server systems, specially those
that act as
nat/proxy/vpn boxes.
Minimalism tend to be a good add
> - no X and multimedia useflags by default (-esd -gnome -gtk -kde ...)
Actually, I find myself having to install at least the basic xorg stuff
on servers lately due to various java dependencies(app servers
and monitoring software/etc) - but I try to keep it as minimal as
possible. I know that
, 2006 2:18 PM
To: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: RE: [gentoo-server] Ideas for a server profile?
On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 13:47 +0200, Jean Blignaut wrote:
> I don't see why you'd want to have a dhcp client on a server but any
> way...
"Just in case" ... I've bee
On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 13:47 +0200, Jean Blignaut wrote:
> I don't see why you'd want to have a dhcp client on a server but any
> way...
"Just in case" ... I've been almost locked out of machines because they lacked
a dhcp client.
I'm not after a strictly-server-only profile, and having dhcp availa
On Tuesday 28 February 2006 11:47, Jean Blignaut wrote:
> no X like you said no games (besides maybe
> game servers)
I think here in lies the problem - everyone has different needs from thier
servers. Personally, I need X on one of my servers, http://shurl.net needs it
to create thumbnails of we
I don't see why you'd want to have a dhcp client on a server but any
way...
How about the profile contains minimal packages like say no
productivity/office packages, no X like you said no games (besides maybe
game servers) basicly clear out every thing that doesn't make sence on a
server.
A great
