[Lias] Thanks for help re Proxy

[Robert McLeay]

Hi all,

Sounds really good.

I don't know whether the time and investment in setting up an new system
would be worth it to be honest.

I'd suggest that for mail/web/mysql/dns that you grab a copy of
single-domain (freeware) PSA from www.plesk.com .

I admin shared hosting servers to keep the food/beer flowing, and Plesk
is a dream to install/run/admin/manage, compared to Ensim/CPanel
(please, please, please, don't use CPanel - urrgggh - fixing it all
arvo)

Sounds and looks like a really idea.

Robert.

On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 18:28, Les Bell wrote:
> "Trevor Gunter" <tgunter at lisp.com.au> wrote:
> 
> >>
> I know that's a poor excuse and I appreciate all of you not treating those
> teachers on this list who have varying levels of Linux skills (usually low)
> as newbies. However, I find that a lot of what people recommend for me to
> do, I will try and often bumble through, but what some have suggested I
> have
> little idea of what it means or even how to do it. I know this comes in the
> category of RTFM and I do try, but there are just so many hours in the day
> and we are teachers first trying to integrate Linux into schools in varying
> ways.
> <<
> 
> It's the same for everyone, Trevor, even those of us who've been doing this
> for years. I spent a couple of hours this afternoon screwing around trying
> to fix a Samba/WinNT printer problem. I guess one answer is something that
> we started years ago on the caldera-users list (back when Caldera were a
> reasonable company with a nice distro): someone collated the replies on the
> list and produced a "Step By Step" ("SxS") web site that gave detailed
> instructions on how to set various things up.
> 
> Perhaps something similar would help here. I know that I face the same
> problem from the other side - I set up a Squid proxy for my kids' school,
> and sooner or later will have to hand over responsibility for it to someone
> else. Before that happens, I suspect I'll have to train them, as well as
> completely documenting the setup.
> 
> Now I've made another rod for my own back, by proposing that the school set
> out to get some return on its $25,000 investment in LAN cabling by
> installing an intranet server. I threw together a prototype, running under
> VMWare on my laptop, brainstormed what it should do (mind map at
> http://ffps.lesbell.com.au/pandc/schoolserver/index.html) and have now sold
> the school on the idea, with implementation planned for next term.
> 
> This thing involves configuration of Apache, Samba, some CGI programs,
> Webmin and Usermin, procmail, and a bunch of other stuff. I've decided to
> document it in detail, in the SxS style, as otherwise the moment I try to
> hand it over to someone else, it will start to fall apart. I'll write up
> some articles and post them on my site initially, and if anyone finds them
> useful, terrific. To be honest, I think whoever takes it over will need
> support from a community around Lias, and if I can encourage others to
> implement similar systems, that will be great.
> 
> With that in mind, I'll let this list know when I start posting articles. I
> also expect to spend a day or two setting installing and configuring the
> server, and if anyone in the Sydney area wants to lend a hand and see how
> it all goes together, they're welcome to come around and take notes.
> 
> Best,
> 
> --- Les Bell, CISSP
> [http://www.lesbell.com.au]
> 
> 
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