Topic: Newbie install - Now how do I . .

[gavin]

I have installed e-smith and got things running okay. PC's can access the internet okay. Now I have a few questions after trolling the forums and the documentaion for a few days as time permits.

1. Email
I have 3 user accounts with IMAP folders. Each user has one or 2 POP accounts that I want to be cleared at the server level directly into their IMAP account. How?

2. Remote Access
I saw the message regarding 'chsh' to allow regular users to connect to their home directory. I have no idea about how to even open a console window. The extent I have got to is connecting to the server via http://www.elvis/server-manager

3. Backup
I have a cd writer on one network PC (win98 for the moment). How can I use this to backup. I am prepared for this to be a manual process, ie ftp from server & burn. Backup email (IMAP), home directories, ibays (whatever an IBAY is)

4. General Usage
How to install files (open console window mentioned above)

All in all this was a very simple process for a total Microsoft boy moving to Linux. I plan to run a small Linux network and will be building myself a custom Linux box with a VIA eden mini motherboard in the next month. I plan to move my house to Linux but I realise that will only occur if I can run Yahoo/Hotmail chat software.

Very happy e-smith newbie
Gavin

[Bill Talcott]

gavin wrote:
>
> 1. Email
> I have 3 user accounts with IMAP folders. Each user has one
> or 2 POP accounts that I want to be cleared at the server
> level directly into their IMAP account. How?

Look for the User Fetchmail contrib.

> 2. Remote Access
> I saw the message regarding 'chsh' to allow regular users to
> connect to their home directory. I have no idea about how to
> even open a console window. The extent I have got to is
> connecting to the server via http://www.elvis/server-manager

You can login to a command line using "root" instead of "admin" (which brings up the configuration menu). You can use Alt+F2 (I think, I've never done it) to open a new console window in which to logon. Normally, users shouldn't need to logon to a console, but chsh will let you give them a regular shell instead of the "Sorry, you can't do that." default shell.

> 3. Backup
> I have a cd writer on one network PC (win98 for the moment).
> How can I use this to backup. I am prepared for this to be a
> manual process, ie ftp from server & burn. Backup email
> (IMAP), home directories, ibays (whatever an IBAY is)

Look at Backup2ws. I believe this is probably what will work best for you. I have no firsthand experience with it though.

> 4. General Usage
> How to install files (open console window mentioned above)

I have an RPM HowTo in my contribs.org directory. The Update System contrib will let you install single RPMs from Server Manager, which is very handy.

[Mighty Bear]

1. Email
I have 3 user accounts with IMAP folders. Each user has one or 2 POP accounts that I want to be cleared at the server level directly into their IMAP account. How?

>> I haven't messed much with the email portion as of yet due to I have another server handeling email. I will have to let someone else answer this one for you.

2. Remote Access
I saw the message regarding 'chsh' to allow regular users to connect to their home directory. I have no idea about how to even open a console window. The extent I have got to is connecting to the server via http://www.elvis/server-manager

>> Users internally can map to a folder by doing a \server-name\folder-name for an iBay or user account. They can ftp to the server externally and the username is the name of the iBay and whatever the password set for it is. When you create a user the folder is located under /home/e-smith/files/users and they too can map thir folder as above internally and ftp as above.

To open a console window remotely you will need to enable remote access and use a remote software such as putty. You can download off my site at https://www.technut.net

You have 2 options of login. You can either login as root and use the administration password you set or you can login as admin and the administration password you set.

3. Backup
I have a cd writer on one network PC (win98 for the moment). How can I use this to backup. I am prepared for this to be a manual process, ie ftp from server & burn. Backup email (IMAP), home directories, ibays (whatever an IBAY is)

>> When doing a back up you can back up to the desktop and then you will be able to download the file and save it to cd or on another drive. The desktop back up backsup the following: All user accounts, user directories, iBay content, web content, as well as the configuration parameters entered by using the server console and server-manager panel.

An iBay is generally used for virtual hosting.

4. General Usage
How to install files (open console window mentioned above)

>> To install a program you need to login as root and then depending on the file type will depend. The commands to install a file vary depending on the file type. I would suggest looking on line for linux installation commands. Usually there will be a set of instructions as a readme.txt with the command string.

Hope this helps out some.

TechNut
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[Ray Mitchell]

Bill Talcott wrote:
> Look at Backup2ws. I believe this is probably what will work
> best for you. I have no firsthand experience with it though.

Using backup2ws you can automatically split the backup file into CD sized parts, say 716,700 depending on your CD size. It works quite effectively this way.

Regards
Ray Mitchell