8 Apr
2010
8 Apr
'10
7:18 a.m.
On Wed, 7 Apr 2010 09:38:41 +0100
Robert Gauld <robert(a)robertgauld.co.uk> wrote:
At the risk of reopening an old discussion, I've
just finished off
writing a quick guide
<http://www.robertgauld.co.uk/omwb/2010apr~vps-setup-guide>. If
anyone is so inclined as to have a look then please let me know if
you think I've missed something. Andy feel free to take, adjust and
use or link to it as you see fit.
It looks like it will be very useful to other people like me who muddle
through on sysadmin stuff.
Speaking personally I would replace 'apt-get update' with 'aptitude
update' (followed by 'aptitude safe-upgrade') and I don't like sudo and
prefer to 'su' each time
I'd like the firewalls section expanded a bit, to cover Andy's
comments re IPV6 and any other advisory bits and bobs.
I'd also like something included about using the spamd servers. My
first attempt to use the service ended up in causing Andy lots of grief
and I removed my settings and haven't attempted to use it since. I do
get a fair amount of spam via my startx account so it would be nice to
be able to prevent it getting downloade with 'real' mail
--
John Lewis
"Kingsclere Families" website uses the GeneWeb genealogy data server