Louis> is my reply. >depends what you want to do with the box. You generally run an mta (sendmail, postfix, exim etc) on linux boxes to deliver local mail. It depends if you have other needs as to whether or not you play with these thigns. I don't run ftp normally. I have been asked to setup anon-ftp occasionally - I generally think putting files on http servers works better. scp for uploading. If you have people that *need* ftp for whatever reason, then set it up I guess. rsync over ssh is the most fashionable way to be uploading files these days.
Louis> For me it's for experimenting before I try anything on a live server. That's the safest way to learn. I plan to learn how to create virtual hosts etc.. on the Apache locally before trying it on a live server. I've had the live server for over a year now. I've tried a few things on there safely. They provide a web based panel to setup domains, but this is not the way to see how do actually create one. Once I become an expert at it, I plan to remove this web based panel. I actually already have rsync installed on the live server. How do I run rsync to ftp files over ssh from remote to a live server ? Will install rsync on the home based network as well. I will also setup the ISP stuff on the remote Linux machine so that I can talk from remote Linux to the live server one. This is sure going to be fun. BTW: On a side note where can I get MySql as freeware or shareware ? I don't think RH provides this. My live server came with it. I need this as all my Perl/PHP development uses MySql as a backend DB. Louis. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
