Alternative for kiwi syslog daemon and general questions about debian.
Hi to all!
Last weeks i am trying to move as much as possible from windows to linux
via the debian way and i like it...
But still i have a few questions about installations etc...
1) I am looking for a program that handles my SNMP traps from my
switches and routers.
I am now using kiwi syslog daemon on WinXP but i would like to use
something on linux with a mysql database if possible.
...This brings me to my second question...
2) I already understood that the best and easiest way to install and
staying up to date is to use apt-get, aptitude, dselect,...whatever.
So i installed a few programs via apt-get and also mysql...
But in the past i downloaded these programs from the original location
and i installed them with the parameters i wanted (--with-xx etc...)
For some programs i use i need to add additional parameters (like
apache, samba, squid,...)
So the question is, can i do this also with apt-get ?
And if i can, how will the updates be done later on ?
If i do a system update and there is a newer version available, will the
newer version be installed and override my previous settings ?
And what about the config files (httpd.conf, squid.conf, smb.conf) when
a new version is installed, do i loose my config files so that my
program is unusable ?
Cheers,
Philippe.
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