Gentoo Archives: gentoo-server

From: Nick Van Vlaenderen <nick.vanvlaenderen@×××××××.be>
To: gentoo-server@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] remembering all those stupid details...
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 08:20:04
Message-Id: Pine.LNX.4.53.0309211015510.16925@donald.home.lan
In Reply to: [gentoo-server] remembering all those stupid details... by Kurt Lieber
1 I guess this mail was mentioned for the gentoo-user list? But anywayz...
2
3 I have made up a list of all stuff to do when I set up a server, that's
4 enough for me... What do you mean with "the little details", as if you
5 know you need to set up xinetd and all the stuff on a list, not that
6 difficult...
7
8 Nick
9
10 --
11 The software said "Microsoft Windows 95 or better", so I tried FreeBSD!
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13 Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in
14 waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the
15 frist and the lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl
16 mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelms. Tihs is bcuseae we do not
17 raed ervey lteter by itslef, but the wlohe wrod.
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19 On Sat, 20 Sep 2003, Kurt Lieber wrote:
20
21 > Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 19:49:30 -0400
22 > From: Kurt Lieber <klieber@g.o>
23 > Reply-To: gentoo-server@g.o
24 > To: gentoo-server@g.o
25 > Subject: [gentoo-server] remembering all those stupid details...
26 >
27 > When setting up a new server, there are invariably a half-dozen stupid
28 > little details that I forget to set. Configuring xinetd for a particular
29 > service, chmod'ing wtmp because I'm paranoid, etc. Since each server is
30 > different, I can't simply make a list and check it twice.
31 >
32 > I've had some luck with making a list of high-level things such as
33 > "configure xinetd, configure syslog" etc. but that doesn't always give
34 > enough detail.
35 >
36 > I'm curious what other folks have found that works well for them. What do
37 > you do to remember all the little details that are associated with
38 > fine-tuning a new server?
39 >
40 > --kurt
41 >

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Re: [gentoo-server] remembering all those stupid details... Kurt Lieber <klieber@g.o>