Subject: Re: Should I use Yellow Dog Linux?
From: Michael A. Peters (Moonglue@141.com )
Date: Tue Aug 29 2000 - 14:11:24 MDT
>G'Day all
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>I would like to know how administrators find Yellow Dog Linux to use?
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>Is there any security problems for new users of Linux?
Yellow Dog installs very secure.
They are wise enough to use ProFTPD opposed to WU (not that ProFTPD
hasn't had its share... but not like WU)
With yup, upgrading a system is very easy. I wouldn't recommend using
yup on a production server, though (simply because its better to
manually install anything in that scenario. Less things get broken
that can't be quickly fixed)
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>How does YDL Handle multiple domains?
As good as any Linux/UNIX
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>I am wanting to setup the following all on different servers:
>
>2 DNS
>1 Web Server (multiple domains)
>1 Email Server (multiple domains) maybe webmail?
>1 Database Server
>1 Mailing list Server
> FTP access (for user to update web sites)
Yellow Dog Linux is an excellent choice.
For Database, I would recommend MySQL. You can run MySQL and php-4
very nicely on YDL.
>
>What extra software, other then YDL, would I need to beg, borrow,
>steal, maybe even purchase ;) to do the above?
Sorry if this sounds a little like spam...
I would reccomend the product the company I work for puts out, Abria
SQL Standard. http://www.abriasoft.com/
It installs MySQL-3.22.32 (or 3.23.21-beta if you are so inclined),
php-3.0.16 or 4.0.1pl2 (go with 4.0.1pl2- its FAST), Apache if need
be, documentation, Perl 5.6 with the Perl DBI, the works.
While we are marketing it for the database- our php-4.0.1pl2 is
really well done- it includes php support for mysql, posgres, imap,
ldap, gd as different modules so that you don't have to use what you
don't need.
Our product also comes with a O'Reilly book. It will be shipping in
very early September.
If you don't know php- the BEST book for learning it in my opinion is
PHP Essentials by Julie Meloni. You can get it on amazon.
If you want to see our product in action-
It's running on my box (just installed it today)
>
>I am using the following software on Macintosh G4s' with no monitors
>( I access my server using a Powerbook):
>
>Webstar 4.2
>EIMS 3.0.1
I love EIMS. I use EIMS 2.2.2 on an SE/30. Very solid product. I use
it for an smtp (I don't pop it ever).
>QuickDNS Pro 2.2.1
>
>The software is easy to setup and use, however, sometimes they will
>just not do what I would like.
Linux can handle much more...
>
>Thank You for your time.
>
>Col.
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