Re: e-smith
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 12:12:33PM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote: Tangentially on-topic for this list because of skud's involvement... What is this 'topic' of which you speak? I see that the new edtion of Linux Format comes with a copy of e-smith on the CD. According to the blurb, e-smith is a complete, easy to use and install server/gateway system that manages mail, firewalling, file-sharing, prinintg - everything you need from your server. Bleah. -- David Cantrell | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david/ Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it-- Agatha Christie
Re: e-smith
David Cantrell wrote: On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 12:12:33PM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote: Tangentially on-topic for this list because of skud's involvement... What is this 'topic' of which you speak? Something matching /^[fyreub ]+\z/i, I think. Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton [EMAIL PROTECTED] All opinions are my own, not my employer's. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
Re: e-smith
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 12:56:15PM +0100, David Cantrell wrote: On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 12:12:33PM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote: I see that the new edtion of Linux Format comes with a copy of e-smith on the CD. According to the blurb, e-smith is a complete, easy to use and install server/gateway system that manages mail, firewalling, file-sharing, prinintg - everything you need from your server. Bleah. Whilst it might not be what you're looking for, it is what any number of small business are crying out for (even if they don't know it yet grin). Now personally I'd rather hand build a box using FreeBSD but I can appreciate someone having a go at producing a 'packaged' solution. Once I have a spare box, I'll probably give e-smith a looksie, just to see if it can teach me anything. Neil. -- Neil C. Ford Managing Director, Yet Another Computer Solutions Company Limited [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.yacsc.com
Re: e-smith
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 12:12:33PM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote: I see that the new edtion of Linux Format comes with a copy of e-smith on the CD. According to the blurb, e-smith is a complete, easy to use and install server/gateway system that manages mail, firewalling, file-sharing, prinintg - everything you need from your server. Friend of mine recently launched http://www.rocksteady.com/ Paul
Re: e-smith
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 04:29:31PM +0100, Neil Ford wrote: Once I have a spare box, I'll probably give e-smith a looksie, just to see if it can teach me anything. Well, I can tell you now, from experience that the blackcat power cycler works wonders, because I remembered (too late) that ipfw's default behaviour is deny ip from any to any. So something that does the firewalling can definitely be a good idea. :-) MBM -- Matthew Byng-Maddick [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://colondot.net/
Re: e-smith
In lists.community.perlmongers.london, you wrote: On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 12:12:33PM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote: I see that the new edtion of Linux Format comes with a copy of e-smith on the CD. According to the blurb, e-smith is a complete, easy to use and install server/gateway system that manages mail, firewalling, file-sharing, prinintg - everything you need from your server. Friend of mine recently launched http://www.rocksteady.com/ I only just got on this list, and should probably check the archives, but I wanted to chime in for e-smith. I work for them, and I chose to work for them because they have a bloody nice product. It's a slick little distro, built on lots of Perl, and it's extensible and modular and geek-friendly under the hood, in ways that most server appliances or similar distros aren't. I use it for my home network, and I'm slowly converting lots of my geek friends to it, and they seem to be pretty happy. The point is: if you don't have to spend a day figuring out how to set up your cable modem, you have more time to hack on whatever it is that actually floats your boat... in my case, Perl stuff. (If setting up cable modems under Linux *is* what floats your boat, then more power to you, but this is not the case for most people.) I'm speaking about it at YAPC::Europe but would also be happy to answer any questions that anyone might have either on-list or privately. K. -- Kirrily 'Skud' Robert - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://infotrope.net/ Reality is for those who can't face Science Fiction.
