topic title: antix http and ftp servers?
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dieselbenz
Joined: 28 Sep 2007
#1
Am thinking -- for the challenge, if nothing more -- of moving my http and ftp servers (
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) from the current PCLinuxOS 2007 system to ... drum roll, please ... antiX.

Heck, I've done this with Slackware in the past, so antiX/Mepis/Debian shouldn't be any more difficult.

Imagine: a rebuilt/was-trashed HP Pentium III running web and ftp servers under antiX, no monitor attached and all access via Webmin? This is definitely coloring outside of the lines!
anticapitalista
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Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#2
Let us know how it goes.

I think UnicornRider is using antiX (modified) for his server, or he was thinking about it.

You might want to use the antiX-base.iso for this and build it up by adding what you want. It would be a great learning experience and one (if you document it) for others to get help from too.

Good luck.
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dieselbenz
Joined: 28 Sep 2007
#3
anticapitalista wrote: It would be a great learning experience and one (if you document it) for others to get help from too.
Pretty easy. Just apt-get apache2 & either vsftpd or proftpd.

The PITA is manually editing the config files, something PCLOS2007 does for you in a GUI.

I've used PCLOS for this based on 99% total laziness and 1% inertia. __{{emoticon}}__
anticapitalista
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#4
The PITA is manually editing the config files, something PCLOS2007 does for you in a GUI.
Any idea what app it uses or is it a PCLOS tool?
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dieselbenz
Joined: 28 Sep 2007
#5
anticapitalista wrote: Any idea what app it uses or is it a PCLOS tool?
It is /usr/sbin/drakconf, which is propriatary Madrake/Mandriva, I believe.

I should add that my"computer lab" is in an unheated garage which is currently at about +30F inside temperature! Not an inviting environment for experimentation.


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(That is last year's snow, not this year's snow.)
anticapitalista
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#6
Nice to see snow, but not that temperature!

Have you tried the lighttpd web-server that comes with antiX?
I haven't, but I read that it is very fast, light and very good compared to apache2.
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dieselbenz
Joined: 28 Sep 2007
#7
anticapitalista wrote: Have you tried the lighttpd web-server that comes with antiX?
I haven't, but I read that it is very fast, light and very good compared to apache2.
Have not tried it but will. My web requirements are quite spartan.