Well, Apache is really easy to setup. You install Mandrake with the
"Server" option and it installs Apache.
You put your html files in /home/httpd/html and your cgis in
/home/httpd/cgi-bin.
Apache is pre-configured by default for an ISP environment. It works
straight out of the box (uh.. rpm). If you want to tweak the
configuration, you type http://localhost/manual, and you have ALL
documentation included on your own web server by default. It's only a
matter of editing the config files, which are plaintext and are full of
comments. It can't be easier than that, because even with a GUI interface,
you'll still have to read the documentation to figure out what each
checkbox does.
Firewalls are a bit harder to configure. You'll have to RTFM a lot before
you're familiar with the concept. Even me, I have to take a look at the
man page every time.
Finally, as for dial-up, I don't recommend using Linux as a dial-up
server. It can be done, but once you have worked with a Lucent
PortMaster 3, you don't want to go back to anything else.
Jean-Michel Dault
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> It will be for both dial up and web hosting there just alot of things that i
> dont currently use or think about. so far all my experiance has been local and
> not conected to the internet. so there are a few issues to look at. and i like
> apache but it is a bear to set up. i still cant get my cgi scripts to run. also
> i know about next to nothing about firewalls. ihavnt needed them.
>
> anyway i can usualy figure things out thats why i was curious about were to
> find good reading material on the subject. also i mean good and up to date that
> will cover apache setup and security issues also.
>
