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**Nirvana** · Jun 20, 2006, 07:27 PM

Re: Need help with a guide on using Kubuntu as a server

gateway control: don't know what that means (and Google didn't help, unless your setting up a voIP service

. Maybe try Guidedog?

firewall: firestarter - guarddog -- those are the two I think are most commonly used.

mail server: hula - solid-pop3d - teapop - xmail - courier* (pop/imap) - dovecot (pop/imap)

* for virus scanning on the courier mail server, install clamcour as well

webserver/NAT redirector: Guidedog maybe for the NAT redirector? for webserver apache2 - lighttpd thttpd dhttpd didiwiki (if your going to host a wiki) yaws

Note: don't download/install from the pages I linked to, they are for informational purposes (so you can see the description) only. To install simply

Code:

sudo apt-get install <program name>

For firestarter, this would be:

Code:

sudo apt-get install firestarter

You may want to enable the universe repository before you go about installing anything. how to here: http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Dapper#H...a_repositories

**jka/v** · Jun 20, 2006, 11:13 PM

Re: Need help with a guide on using Kubuntu as a server

Thanks for the reply Nirvana.

I guess I should be more exact:

what I'm looking to do is:

gateway (as in for my internal lan, and servers behind it)

I have a cable modem, with multiple static ips.

So it will be modem-gateway gateway-switch switch-pc's

firewall I'll look into firestarter
mailserver I've heard postfix is really good?
never heard of clamcour, I'll do some research
webserver, I think I'll use Apache

I've been doing alot of linux reading/research/tampering about, and I've installed like 5 distros', so I'm getting more and more familiar with how things work.

Do you think Kubuntu is a safe, and effective base for a server like I'm talking about? I've tried ubuntu in just server mode, but I get stuck in alot of places trying to administer it with no gui. I've got ispconfig running, but it's not intuitive for me at this point
I've seen in the universe repositories, both firestarter, postfix, apache2, mysql, php5 and so forth. What stumps me is setting them up properly via Kubuntu. Can I set a Konsole to root, and just do everything commandline from there? (which makes cutting pasting easier for me)....

Thanks again, appreciate the input, and if you have any thoughts on the above, that would be great! (and bear with this kubuntu noob

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**Nirvana** · Jun 21, 2006, 06:40 AM

Re: Need help with a guide on using Kubuntu as a server

to set the console to root, just

Code:

sudo su

and when you want to quit:

Code:

exit

Ubuntu (Kubuntu/Xubuntu as well though) Server guide: http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/ServerGuide

Are you sure GuideDog doesn't do what you need?:

Code:

Guidedog is a KDE utility which allows to use easily activate and configure your machine for packet routing, Network Address Translation/IP Masquerading (NAT) and port-forwarding.

If you are using the functions of this program, it is recommended that you setup/configure a firewall to protect your machine - guidedog does not setup a firewall for you. To configure a firewall, the Guarddog program, by the same author, is recommended.

Guidedog requires iptables, and therefore Linux kernel 2.4+.

or the commandline of GuideDog is IPtables: http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/net/iptables

Or look at this search and you may find something you like: http://packages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/s...ll&release=all

**jka/v** · Jun 21, 2006, 09:49 AM

Re: Need help with a guide on using Kubuntu as a server

Thanks Nirvana,

I'll wipe my server out today, and put kubuntu 6.06 on it again, and go from there. I'll try out guidedog/guarddog as well.

I'll let you know how it goes, I appreciate the input!

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