On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 4:45 AM, Peter Humphrey <pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
> On Monday, 18 December 2017 09:49:41 GMT Adam Carter wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 1:05 PM, Peter Humphrey <pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk>
>>
>> wrote:
>> > Hello list,
>> >
>> > I've been running Linux systems since 1994, calling my private LAN mynet
>> > (bowdlerised). Now I come to install neth server on one machine, it
>> > insists that I tell it a domain name with at least two dots in it.
>>
>> That's dumb, and may be an omen on what the rest of it is like.
>
> Yes, I've been forming a similar impression while wrestling with the
> installation. I found I couldn't even touch the partitioning setup without
> causing it to fail - and so I couldn't see what it was going to do; I just
> had to give it the whole disk to play with, with no others present like USB.
> The progress bar stayed static throughout each installation phase, switching
> back and forth at the end of each phase. Then, the initial config has to be
> done in a browser on another box, after signing in to the web page as root.
> The docs don't say that.
>
That is unfortunate. I've been having a bear of a time with Ubuntu and
its mail packages, and hoped I could try something less offensive.
> I'd been encouraged to try Neth by a score of 9/10 in a certain magazine
> known to one of our contributors here.
>
Are there any others? I find I keep experiencing issues with the
existing configuration, but I still keep looking.
Cheers,
R0b0t1
