Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 01:09:32AM +1030, Karl Goetz wrote: >> hi all >> i'm about to deploy a network which will be using debian servers on its >> backend (etch, hopefully) and about a hundred gnu/linux desktops. >> >> >> cifs/smb > > The Samba documentation is adequate. There is also a Samba HOWTO at > TLDP.org. > Do you mean the documentation in teh samba packages? >> nfs > > Uggh. Do you really need NFS? If you have kerberos, something like AFS > might be a better choice. If you have to have NFS, then it really > depends on how you plan to use it. Well at first we dont have to do any filesharing stuff, so i may not end up using nfs/samba at all. we wont be doing any centralised logins though, so i dont know if afs is an option(?) > >> dns > > There is this article that I really like: > http://www.madboa.com/geek/soho-bind/ Thanks, this looks really good. > > If you have never setup BIND before, it is a good place to get started, > even if you plan for your installation to be lots bigger than the one > described. > >> cups > > What do you want to do with CUPS? Do you need print job accounting? Do > you need authentication to print? Lots more infomation is needed to > give you a good pointer to the right docs. > I need to be able to setup a cups print server for desktop pcs to connect to. would the shipped docs cover this ok? > >> exim4 > > Personally, I would recommend Postfix instead. If you choose Postfix, > there is tons of good documentation on the Postfix website. exim is what i was recommended by friends here. > >> apache >> " ssl >> > > Apache is one of the best documented open source/free software projects. > Of course, without knowing how you intend to use it, it is hard to give > anything more specific than that. TBH i'm not entirely sure what its for. I'll have to go and ask. > >> Hope you can give me some advice! >> > > If you can provide some more details, you will get better advice. > > Regards, > > -Roberto > Thanks for your comments, kk -- Karl Goetz User of gNewSense: Free as in Freedom - http://www.gnewsense.org Australian Ubuntu users team - http://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam User of Debian, The Universal Operating System - http://www.debian.org
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