Re: problems with Apache, FTP, SAMBA | Apache solved.

2003-06-20 Thread Alan Bort
I tried to send this mail as HTML, but the list rejected it... :-(

that's why the lines are cutted

[SNIP] --- the whole part about the Apache. 
 
  Can whatever directory and file gets accessed via the URL you are using be
  executed (the directory) and read (the file) by the userid that apache
 runs as?
 Of course. All files and the DocumentRoot are RWX for all users, and belong
 to user:group alan:alan
That was the problem... aparently the user was not properly created... I
changed it now to an existing user and everything seems to work fine...
THANKS A LOT!!

 
   FTP: I can't have access to anyone of the machines
 trough
   FTP. I am
  having some troubles with the config... what should I configuree
  again... what are the files that I should edit. When trying to connect
  it just says conection refused.. nothing else. I'm having troubles with
  this. I use xinet.d's pro-ftpd.
 
  Connection Refused most likely means that nothing is listening on the
 ftp
  port. Or it could mean that the particular  IP addresses you are
 connecting
  from are disallowed. Or, just barely possible, you could have a firewall
  rule in place that blocks access.
 But the daemon is running (at least it should) I'll check when I get home.
 
  I surmise that you run ftp the usual way, through inetd (in your case,
  xinetd).
 Yes. I do.
 
  Use netstat -l to verify that something is listening on port 21.
 I'm not at home right now.  But I will ASAP.
It does not show it. I see the problem now... but how do I solve it???

Thanks.

 
  Check the xinetd configuration file to make sure it is listening on that
 port.
 HOW? I have in /etc/xinetd.d/pro-ftpd.conf the line disable=no. That should
 be enough... right?
 
 
  Check hosts.allow and hosts.deny to see if they interfere with access.
 Nothing wrong there.
In fact NOTHING there at all. They are blank.

 
  Check your firewall ruleset (probably with iptables -nvL, if you run a
  2.4.x kernel) to see if there are any rules that DENY access.
 I tried #service iptables stop and still didn't work.

Ok... this is going to be long...

here is the output of iptables -nvL

[EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc]# iptables -nvL
Chain INPUT (policy DROP 0 packets, 0 bytes)
pkts bytes target prot opt in out source  
destination
0 0 DROP   all  --  *  *   0.0.0.0/0   
0.0.0.0/0  state INVALID
4   176 ACCEPT all  --  *  *   192.168.23.114  
0.0.0.0/0
18034 2264K ACCEPT all  --  *  *   192.168.23.0/24 
0.0.0.0/0
0 0 ACCEPT all  --  *  *   10.129.2.155
0.0.0.0/0
3   232 ICMPACCEPT  icmp --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0   
0.0.0.0/0
   10   600 REJECT tcp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0   
0.0.0.0/0  tcp dpt:113 reject-with tcp-reset
0 0 TCPACCEPT  tcp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0   
0.0.0.0/0  tcp dpt:22
0 0 TCPACCEPT  tcp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0   
0.0.0.0/0  tcp dpt:25
0 0 TCPACCEPT  tcp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0   
0.0.0.0/0  tcp dpt:53
0 0 ACCEPT udp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0   
0.0.0.0/0  udp dpt:53
   17  4597 TCPACCEPT  tcp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0   
0.0.0.0/0  tcp dpt:80
0 0 TCPACCEPT  tcp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0   
0.0.0.0/0  tcp dpt:443
0 0 TCPACCEPT  tcp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0   
0.0.0.0/0  tcp dpt:110
334K  501M ACCEPT all  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0   
0.0.0.0/0  state ESTABLISHED
0 0 TCPACCEPT  tcp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0   
0.0.0.0/0  tcp dpts:1024:65535 state RELATED
0 0 ACCEPT udp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0   
0.0.0.0/0  udp dpts:1024:65535 state RELATED
0 0 DROP   all  --  *  *   0.0.0.0/0   
0.0.0.0/0  state INVALID
0 0 ACCEPT all  --  *  *   192.168.23.114  
0.0.0.0/0
0 0 ACCEPT all  --  *  *   192.168.23.0/24 
0.0.0.0/0
0 0 ACCEPT all  --  *  *   10.129.2.155
0.0.0.0/0
0 0 ICMPACCEPT  icmp --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0   
0.0.0.0/0
0 0 REJECT tcp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0   
0.0.0.0/0  tcp dpt:113 reject-with tcp-reset
0 0 TCPACCEPT  tcp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0   
0.0.0.0/0  tcp dpt:20
0 0 TCPACCEPT  tcp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0   
0.0.0.0/0  tcp dpt:21
0 0 TCPACCEPT  tcp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0   
0.0.0.0/0  tcp dpt:22
0 0 TCPACCEPT  tcp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0   
0.0.0.0/0  tcp dpt:25
0 0 TCPACCEPT  tcp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0   
0.0.0.0/0  tcp dpt:53
0 0 ACCEPT udp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0   
0.0.0.0/0  udp 

Re: problems with Apache, FTP, SAMBA | Apache solved.

2003-06-20 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 03:35 PM 6/20/2003 -0400, Alan Bort wrote:
I tried to send this mail as HTML, but the list rejected it... :-(

Actually, this is a :-) .

Many of us find the clutter of html formatting burdensome ... you'll 
encounter a lot of this as you get more familiar with linux ... so you will 
see that many Linux-related lists reject html-formatted mail. And even on 
ones that do not reject it, experienced members (that is, the people who 
*answer* questions) will often complain about it.

[apache stuff deleted]
  
FTP: I can't have access to anyone of the machines
  trough
FTP. I am
   having some troubles with the config... what should I configuree
   again... what are the files that I should edit. When trying to connect
   it just says conection refused.. nothing else. I'm having troubles with
   this. I use xinet.d's pro-ftpd.
  
   Connection Refused most likely means that nothing is listening on the
  ftp
   port. Or it could mean that the particular  IP addresses you are
  connecting
   from are disallowed. Or, just barely possible, you could have a firewall
   rule in place that blocks access.
  But the daemon is running (at least it should) I'll check when I get home.
  
   I surmise that you run ftp the usual way, through inetd (in your case,
   xinetd).
  Yes. I do.
  
   Use netstat -l to verify that something is listening on port 21.
  I'm not at home right now.  But I will ASAP.
It does not show it. I see the problem now... but how do I solve it???

Unfortunately (for this purpose, anyway), I do not use xinetd here. I use 
inetd, so I cannot tell you how to configure xinetd to listen for incoming 
ftp requests. Possibly someone else here will jump in with the solution If 
not, or while you are waiting, I'd suggest reading over the man page for 
xinetd (and any other docs ... they are usually in /usr/share/doc) to see 
what you missed.


Thanks.

  
   Check the xinetd configuration file to make sure it is listening on that
  port.
  HOW? I have in /etc/xinetd.d/pro-ftpd.conf the line disable=no. That should
  be enough... right?

As I said above, I have no idea.

But since nothing is listening on port 21, this is surely your problem. The 
queries about hosts_access and iptables are irrelevant to this problem.

 
  
   Check hosts.allow and hosts.deny to see if they interfere with access.
  Nothing wrong there.
In fact NOTHING there at all. They are blank.

  
   Check your firewall ruleset (probably with iptables -nvL, if you run a
   2.4.x kernel) to see if there are any rules that DENY access.
  I tried #service iptables stop and still didn't work.

Ok... this is going to be long...

here is the output of iptables -nvL

[EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc]# iptables -nvL
Chain INPUT (policy DROP 0 packets, 0 bytes)
pkts bytes target prot opt in out source
destination
 0 0 DROP   all  --  *  *   0.0.0.0/0
0.0.0.0/0  state INVALID
 4   176 ACCEPT all  --  *  *   192.168.23.114
0.0.0.0/0
18034 2264K ACCEPT all  --  *  *   192.168.23.0/24
0.0.0.0/0
 0 0 ACCEPT all  --  *  *   10.129.2.155
0.0.0.0/0
 3   232 ICMPACCEPT  icmp --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0
0.0.0.0/0
10   600 REJECT tcp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0
0.0.0.0/0  tcp dpt:113 reject-with tcp-reset
 0 0 TCPACCEPT  tcp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0
0.0.0.0/0  tcp dpt:22
 0 0 TCPACCEPT  tcp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0
0.0.0.0/0  tcp dpt:25
 0 0 TCPACCEPT  tcp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0
0.0.0.0/0  tcp dpt:53
 0 0 ACCEPT udp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0
0.0.0.0/0  udp dpt:53
17  4597 TCPACCEPT  tcp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0
0.0.0.0/0  tcp dpt:80
 0 0 TCPACCEPT  tcp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0
0.0.0.0/0  tcp dpt:443
 0 0 TCPACCEPT  tcp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0
0.0.0.0/0  tcp dpt:110
334K  501M ACCEPT all  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0
0.0.0.0/0  state ESTABLISHED
 0 0 TCPACCEPT  tcp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0
0.0.0.0/0  tcp dpts:1024:65535 state RELATED
 0 0 ACCEPT udp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0
0.0.0.0/0  udp dpts:1024:65535 state RELATED
 0 0 DROP   all  --  *  *   0.0.0.0/0
0.0.0.0/0  state INVALID
 0 0 ACCEPT all  --  *  *   192.168.23.114
0.0.0.0/0
 0 0 ACCEPT all  --  *  *   192.168.23.0/24
0.0.0.0/0
 0 0 ACCEPT all  --  *  *   10.129.2.155
0.0.0.0/0
 0 0 ICMPACCEPT  icmp --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0
0.0.0.0/0
 0 0 REJECT tcp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0
0.0.0.0/0  tcp dpt:113 reject-with tcp-reset
 0 0 TCPACCEPT  tcp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0
0.0.0.0/0  tcp dpt:20
 0 0 TCPACCEPT  tcp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0
0.0.0.0/0  tcp dpt:21
 0 0 TCPACCEPT  tcp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0

Re: problems with Apache, FTP, SAMBA | Apache solved.

2003-06-20 Thread Alan Bort
El vie, 20-06-2003 a las 16:46, Ray Olszewski escribió:
 At 03:35 PM 6/20/2003 -0400, Alan Bort wrote:
 I tried to send this mail as HTML, but the list rejected it... :-(
 
 Actually, this is a :-) .
 
 Many of us find the clutter of html formatting burdensome ... you'll 
 encounter a lot of this as you get more familiar with linux ... so you will 
 see that many Linux-related lists reject html-formatted mail. And even on 
 ones that do not reject it, experienced members (that is, the people who 
 *answer* questions) will often complain about it.
I know. In fact I usually complain about the use of HTML.but in this
case it was kind of usefull. You see... I wanted to make some
differences between the quoted and the actual text I wrote. (quoted from
my stdout)

 
 [apache stuff deleted]
   
 FTP: I can't have access to anyone of the machines
   trough
 FTP. I am
having some troubles with the config... what should I configuree
again... what are the files that I should edit. When trying to connect
it just says conection refused.. nothing else. I'm having troubles with
this. I use xinet.d's pro-ftpd.
   
Connection Refused most likely means that nothing is listening on the
   ftp
port. Or it could mean that the particular  IP addresses you are
   connecting
from are disallowed. Or, just barely possible, you could have a firewall
rule in place that blocks access.
   But the daemon is running (at least it should) I'll check when I get home.
   
I surmise that you run ftp the usual way, through inetd (in your case,
xinetd).
   Yes. I do.
   
Use netstat -l to verify that something is listening on port 21.
   I'm not at home right now.  But I will ASAP.
 It does not show it. I see the problem now... but how do I solve it???
 
 Unfortunately (for this purpose, anyway), I do not use xinetd here. I use 
 inetd, so I cannot tell you how to configure xinetd to listen for incoming 
 ftp requests. Possibly someone else here will jump in with the solution If 
 not, or while you are waiting, I'd suggest reading over the man page for 
 xinetd (and any other docs ... they are usually in /usr/share/doc) to see 
 what you missed.
I will. Though it worked before with wu-ftpd... when I changed something
in my server it stopped working... and so I thought of trying proftpd.

 
 
 Thanks.
 
   
Check the xinetd configuration file to make sure it is listening on that
   port.
   HOW? I have in /etc/xinetd.d/pro-ftpd.conf the line disable=no. That should
   be enough... right?
 
 As I said above, I have no idea.
 
 But since nothing is listening on port 21, this is surely your problem. The 
 queries about hosts_access and iptables are irrelevant to this problem.
I see. However iptables has port 20 and 21 open. and it sure has other
ports open as well.

 
  
   
Check hosts.allow and hosts.deny to see if they interfere with access.
   Nothing wrong there.
 In fact NOTHING there at all. They are blank.
 
   
Check your firewall ruleset (probably with iptables -nvL, if you run a
2.4.x kernel) to see if there are any rules that DENY access.
   I tried #service iptables stop and still didn't work.
 
 Ok... this is going to be long...
 
 here is the output of iptables -nvL
 
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc]# iptables -nvL
 Chain INPUT (policy DROP 0 packets, 0 bytes)
 pkts bytes target prot opt in out source
 destination
  0 0 DROP   all  --  *  *   0.0.0.0/0
 0.0.0.0/0  state INVALID
  4   176 ACCEPT all  --  *  *   192.168.23.114
 0.0.0.0/0
 18034 2264K ACCEPT all  --  *  *   192.168.23.0/24
 0.0.0.0/0
  0 0 ACCEPT all  --  *  *   10.129.2.155
 0.0.0.0/0
  3   232 ICMPACCEPT  icmp --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0
 0.0.0.0/0
 10   600 REJECT tcp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0
 0.0.0.0/0  tcp dpt:113 reject-with tcp-reset
  0 0 TCPACCEPT  tcp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0
 0.0.0.0/0  tcp dpt:22
  0 0 TCPACCEPT  tcp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0
 0.0.0.0/0  tcp dpt:25
  0 0 TCPACCEPT  tcp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0
 0.0.0.0/0  tcp dpt:53
  0 0 ACCEPT udp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0
 0.0.0.0/0  udp dpt:53
 17  4597 TCPACCEPT  tcp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0
 0.0.0.0/0  tcp dpt:80
  0 0 TCPACCEPT  tcp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0
 0.0.0.0/0  tcp dpt:443
  0 0 TCPACCEPT  tcp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0
 0.0.0.0/0  tcp dpt:110
 334K  501M ACCEPT all  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0
 0.0.0.0/0  state ESTABLISHED
  0 0 TCPACCEPT  tcp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0
 0.0.0.0/0  tcp dpts:1024:65535 state RELATED
  0 0 ACCEPT udp  --  eth1   *   0.0.0.0/0
 0.0.0.0/0  udp dpts:1024:65535 state RELATED
  0 0 DROP   all  --  *  *   0.0.0.0/0
 0.0.0.0/0  state INVALID
  0 0 

problems with Apache, FTP, SAMBA

2003-06-19 Thread Alan Bort
Ok... her is my problem:

I have apache2, proftpd and samba on two machines. Though I have them
configured correctly (at least I think so) I have the fopllowing
problem. Machine A has access to internet trough machine B. From A  I
can see and use B's apache perfectly. BUT from B to A I can't... I keep
getting 403 Forbidden. What am I missconfiguring on A?.

FTP: I can't have access to anyone of the machines trough FTP. I am
having some troubles with the config... what should I configuree
again... what are the files that I should edit. When trying to connect
it just says conection refused.. nothing else. I'm having troubles with
this. I use xinet.d's pro-ftpd.

SAMBA: while on A samba works perfectly, on B it doesn't seem to
work... whenever I try to connecto (from C, with windows) the server
goes down. I am using a standalone SAMBA, I think it's the latest.
Again... I think there might be some incompatibility problem with the
config file... and I'm not sure it installed correctly.

I would appreciate ANY help you can provide me. Thanks a lot.

Oh, BTW: how does ssh file transfer work???

Thanks.

PS: what CVS server do you recomend??? and webdav?

thanks a lot... yet again.
-- 
Alan Bort
Linux Registered User 298277 -Country Manager- [http://counter.li.org]
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Re: problems with Apache, FTP, SAMBA

2003-06-19 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 02:37 PM 6/19/2003 -0400, Alan Bort wrote:
Ok... her is my problem:

I have apache2, proftpd and samba on two machines. Though 
I have them
configured correctly (at least I think so) I have the fopllowing
problem. Machine A has access to internet trough machine B. From A  I
can see and use B's apache perfectly. BUT from B to A I can't... I keep
getting 403 Forbidden. What am I missconfiguring on A?.
Hard to say.

Can A see and use its own apache server successfully? What about the 
Windows machine (C) that you refer to later?

Are there any access restriction on A's apache (in access.conf, usually)?

Can whatever directory and file gets accessed via the URL you are using be 
executed (the directory) and read (the file) by the userid that apache runs as?

FTP: I can't have access to anyone of the machines trough 
FTP. I am
having some troubles with the config... what should I configuree
again... what are the files that I should edit. When trying to connect
it just says conection refused.. nothing else. I'm having troubles with
this. I use xinet.d's pro-ftpd.
Connection Refused most likely means that nothing is listening on the ftp 
port. Or it could mean that the particular  IP addresses you are connecting 
from are disallowed. Or, just barely possible, you could have a firewall 
rule in place that blocks access.

I surmise that you run ftp the usual way, through inetd (in your case, 
xinetd).

Use netstat -l to verify that something is listening on port 21.

Check the xinetd configuration file to make sure it is listening on that port.

Check hosts.allow and hosts.deny to see if they interfere with access.

Check your firewall ruleset (probably with iptables -nvL, if you run a 
2.4.x kernel) to see if there are any rules that DENY access.


SAMBA: while on A samba works perfectly, on B it doesn't 
seem to
work... whenever I try to connecto (from C, with windows) the server
goes down. I am using a standalone SAMBA, I think it's the latest.
Again... I think there might be some incompatibility problem with the
config file... and I'm not sure it installed correctly.
This is too vague even to allow guessing ... I can't tell for sure if the 
problem is on A or B, and if the server goes down means the samba daemon 
process dies or the machine itself crashes. Check your logs and see what 
samba thinks happens. Run top while you are trying to connect and look 
for oddities.

I would appreciate ANY help you can provide me. Thanks a lot.
As a general matter, to get good advice, you have to provide good 
information. That means including both basic background details -- what 
Linux distro and version? what kernel? what versions of apps? (I think 
it's the latest is meaningless, unless you do daily, sometimes hourly, 
reinstalls of all your apps from their CVS trees) -- and relevant specifics 
-- what URL you try to use, what IP addresses are involved, what the exact 
commands you send are, what the exact error messages are, and so forth.

If you have a hard failure (goes down), information about the hardware 
involved might be relevant.

Depending on the answers to some of the questions I posed, it might be 
useful to know the basic networking information for the two machines ... 
the output of

ifconfig -a
netstat -nr
or equivalents (e.g., ip addr show and ip route show) if you don't have 
those commands.

Oh, BTW: how does ssh file transfer work???
You use the scp command to transfer files over an ssh link. Its man page 
will provide the details.

Thanks.

PS: what CVS server do you recomend??? and webdav?


No recommendation on the first. On the second ... what's a webdav?

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Re: problems with Apache, FTP, SAMBA

2003-06-19 Thread Alan Bort
I didn't mean to do a HUGE mail about this... so I made as short  as
possible.
- Original Message -
From: Ray Olszewski [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: problems with Apache, FTP, SAMBA


 At 02:37 PM 6/19/2003 -0400, Alan Bort wrote:
 Ok... her is my problem:
 
  I have apache2, proftpd and samba on two machines.
Though
  I have them
 configured correctly (at least I think so) I have the fopllowing
 problem. Machine A has access to internet trough machine B. From A  I
 can see and use B's apache perfectly. BUT from B to A I can't... I keep
 getting 403 Forbidden. What am I missconfiguring on A?.

 Hard to say.

 Can A see and use its own apache server successfully? What about the
 Windows machine (C) that you refer to later?
A... well. I didn't try... perhaps it would be a good idea. But that's not
really the problem. I need access from other machines, not local access.
I'll make sure when I get home. C doesn't work very well. when I tried to
close the FTP client it crashed. and whenever I try to open Internet
Explorer it opens infinite IEs. I'm getting a copy of windows to re-install.


 Are there any access restriction on A's apache (in access.conf, usually)?
No unless the default install comes with any sort of restritions there. But
i will check it when I get home.


 Can whatever directory and file gets accessed via the URL you are using be
 executed (the directory) and read (the file) by the userid that apache
runs as?
Of course. All files and the DocumentRoot are RWX for all users, and belong
to user:group alan:alan


  FTP: I can't have access to anyone of the machines
trough
  FTP. I am
 having some troubles with the config... what should I configuree
 again... what are the files that I should edit. When trying to connect
 it just says conection refused.. nothing else. I'm having troubles with
 this. I use xinet.d's pro-ftpd.

 Connection Refused most likely means that nothing is listening on the
ftp
 port. Or it could mean that the particular  IP addresses you are
connecting
 from are disallowed. Or, just barely possible, you could have a firewall
 rule in place that blocks access.
But the daemon is running (at least it should) I'll check when I get home.


 I surmise that you run ftp the usual way, through inetd (in your case,
 xinetd).
Yes. I do.

 Use netstat -l to verify that something is listening on port 21.
I'm not at home right now.  But I will ASAP.


 Check the xinetd configuration file to make sure it is listening on that
port.
HOW? I have in /etc/xinetd.d/pro-ftpd.conf the line disable=no. That should
be enough... right?


 Check hosts.allow and hosts.deny to see if they interfere with access.
Nothing wrong there.


 Check your firewall ruleset (probably with iptables -nvL, if you run a
 2.4.x kernel) to see if there are any rules that DENY access.
I tried #service iptables stop and still didn't work.



  SAMBA: while on A samba works perfectly, on B it doesn't
  seem to
 work... whenever I try to connecto (from C, with windows) the server
 goes down. I am using a standalone SAMBA, I think it's the latest.
 Again... I think there might be some incompatibility problem with the
 config file... and I'm not sure it installed correctly.

 This is too vague even to allow guessing ... I can't tell for sure if the
 problem is on A or B, and if the server goes down means the samba daemon
 process dies or the machine itself crashes. Check your logs and see what
 samba thinks happens. Run top while you are trying to connect and look
 for oddities.
Problem Solved. There was a version incompatibility. and I installed the new
samba wrong. I'm downloading the latest tarball and installing it today. The
problem, as usual, was the config File.


 I would appreciate ANY help you can provide me. Thanks a lot.

 As a general matter, to get good advice, you have to provide good
 information. That means including both basic background details -- what
 Linux distro and version? what kernel? what versions of apps? (I think
 it's the latest is meaningless, unless you do daily, sometimes hourly,
 reinstalls of all your apps from their CVS trees) -- and relevant
specifics
 -- what URL you try to use, what IP addresses are involved, what the exact
 commands you send are, what the exact error messages are, and so forth.
I know... but I am a little newbie on linux, and I have troubles finding
logs sometimes.


 If you have a hard failure (goes down), information about the hardware
 involved might be relevant.

 Depending on the answers to some of the questions I posed, it might be
 useful to know the basic networking information for the two machines ...
 the output of

  ifconfig -a
  netstat -nr

 or equivalents (e.g., ip addr show and ip route show) if you don't
have
 those commands.

 Oh, BTW: how does ssh file transfer work???

 You use the scp command to transfer files over