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Title: possible to install a tool that will enable an activation server
Post by: mgb on July 30, 2008, 11:06:29 AM

 possible to install   a tool     that   will enable an activation    serves for sme 7.3
 I am interested to operate  to activate only the facilities that in  at  the   use   application  in order that the server   will work quickly
  For example insofar as   and I want   that the server   will give service HTTP only

Title: Re: possible to install a tool that will enable an activation server
Post by: Franco on July 30, 2008, 04:13:06 PM

I have no idea what you mean :)
Do you need to control the services? If so there's two contribs you can use, these are generally dangerous if you don't know exactly what you can turn on or off, some services will lock you off from the server.

Title: Re: possible to install a tool that will enable an activation server
Post by: mgb on July 31, 2008, 09:05:59 AM

Thanks for the answer
 yes  -  need to control the services
to stop daemon
stop pop3 - smtp - more    services
I do not understand from ware to stop  services-  daemon

Title: Re: possible to install a tool that will enable an activation server
Post by: mercyh on July 31, 2008, 02:51:05 PM

http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=41339.0

This one will do it. (and a few more things) :cool:

The install commands should be changed as there is a newer version available.

This:

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wget http://sme.firewall-services.com/downloads/sme7admin/rpms/smeserver-sme7admin-1.1.0-3.noarch.rpm
yum --enablerepo=smecontribs localinstall smeserver-sme7admin-1.1.0-3.noarch.rpm
/etc/init.d/mysql.init restart
/etc/init.d/sme7admind restart
Should be changed to this>

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wget http://sme.firewall-services.com/downloads/sme7admin/rpms/smeserver-sme7admin-1.1.0-4.noarch.rpm
yum --enablerepo=smecontribs localinstall smeserver-sme7admin-1.1.0-4.noarch.rpm
/etc/init.d/mysql.init restart
/etc/init.d/sme7admind restart
Note: This is the latest version and has not been pushed to the contrib repos yet as near as I can tell.

Title: Re: possible to install a tool that will enable an activation server
Post by: janet on August 01, 2008, 01:24:35 AM

mgb

The server-manager already does the role you describe.

When you enable or disable functionality, appropriate services are started/stopped and appropriate ports are opened/closed.

In a default install many services are disabled anyway, until you enable them in server manager, so only a minimal set of services are running and ports are open, say in a default install of server gateway mode.

You also have further control (beyond what server manager offers) with simple db commands to limit public/private access or enable/disable services. Most of the commands are listed in the FAQ and Howto pages, so look and read.

You can easily come "unstuck" with a services control panel like sme7admin or similar, as you may disable a service that you actually need eg mail - you will no longer receive admin emails, web server - you will no longer be able to access server manager.
Be very careful using such a control panel, as you may turn off something that sme actually needs.

Services and ports control is integrated into server manager (& the underlying code/db commands) for all common requirements, so use server manager the way it was intended to be used.