I want to configure a server

[Stephen Michael Kuhn]

On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:16:39 pm Freddy Van Ingelgom wrote:
> Hello,
> I plan to configure a server that should act as a file server, backup
> server, egroupware server, email (IMAP) server and print server, and act
> also as my gateway to the internet.
> I have some (small) experience with setting up a server, but I wonder if
> you have some experience in that field that you would like to share?
> egroupware and Imap server is troubeling me most, as I have no experience
> with the first and only limited experience with the second.
> Thanks for your help!
> Freddy

As Robert said, alot of stuff works directly out of the box; you can do it via 
the server CD, or tweak a desktop install - doesn't matter which, really. 
Tweaking out a desktop is helpful when you want to have a workstation/server 
setup - but hey, it's six of one, half dozen of another.

Fileserver is extrememly simple - and I believe wholeheartedly in the K.I.S.S. 
principle. The default Samba smb.conf is brilliant and literally requires just 
a slight edit here and there, and WHAM it's a working and extremely fast file 
and print server.

Mail - well, that's dependent on your needs. Default setups are 
Postfix/Courier - I've also used Dovecot for simple IMAP storage (where the 
client machines can access imap email boxes for themselves and also share a 
public imap folder - kinda like Exchnage). Depending on the actual needs, all 
of this can literally be a brainless setup - and in some ways - to some folks, 
doing alot of editing of config can be daunting - but it's a matter of 
perspective, innit? I prefer this because once it's done, well, it's done and 
that's that - it just works.

On that same token, I've also gone so far as to setup a plain-jane server and 
run Windows Server/Exchange Server in a VM (with VirtualBox or VMWare) - just 
gets trickier cuz you still have 40 times the crap to deal with - it's just 
living in a virtual environment.

http://www.ubuntu.com/server

http://www.debianadmin.com/ubuntu-lamp-server-installation-with-
screenshots.html

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/step-by-step-ubuntu-904-jaunty-lamp-server-
setup.html

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