What Guides Would You Like To See? Options

[Jim]

I am starting this thread and leaving it open so people can post ideas guides. Please don't post answers in this thread, just come in and say "I would like to see a guide on ...." and maybe somebody will write one. Just because you float it does not mean it will get writen, I just throught it would be a nice place for people to get ideas.

Again, please just post ideas for guides here and nothing else, that will help make it easy and slim lined.

[Jim]

I would like to see a guide on security, specifically how to have services like ssh, ftp, and apache running with out comprimising your system's saftey. I think that would be nice.

[hughesjr]

Jim,

Only Admins, Mods, and Support Specialists can post in the guides section ... would you like me to move this thread somewhere else like General Discussion or Tech Support?

[Corey]

We haven't had anything pinned in Tech Support forum in a while, and it's a high-traffic area, so, I'll leave a link in the Guides section, and keep the thread itself in Tech Support.

[hughesjr]

OK ... A guide that I think might be good is this:

1. How to obtain domain a name and register it. (How to point it to ZoneEdit.com if it is not a static IP.)

2. Setup a fully fuctional gateway server (Home / Small Business) that contains everything you need to make it do the following:

a. Be a Firewall (2 NICs, one connected to your cable/DSL modem ... the other to your internal network). Allow all your internal PCs go to the internet.

b. Be a Webserver. Serve pages for your new domain name.

c. Be an E-mail server for your newly obtained domain. Have Spam and Anti Virus protection and webmail.

e. Be a DHCP server for your internal Network.

f. Be a Caching DNS server (if you had to use zone edit) or your Primary Master DNS server (if you have a static IP) ... and be the DNS server for your internal network.

g. Be a Samba Primary Domain Controller (PDC) for your Windows computers on your internal network.

I am going to be working on such a guide ... with pieces of it already being done and posted here (the following are already done - Webserver {which needs some work}, the Mail server, the DNS server and Samba PDC).

May next part of it will be the DHCP server...then the firewall. Then a document to tie it all together.

[lesio1974]

I would be most grateful if somebody posted a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to setting up a Web server and ftp server (including getting domain name, what applications are needed, permissions and whatever else is needed). Or if there is already something posted out there somewhere, just point me in the right direction please.

Thank you

q

[bhupee]

hello friends can any body tell me which guide i should refer for experimenting multicasting
of the audio/video on my lan.
bye
bhupee

[Agret]

How to setup VPN

[WERUreo]

I would like to see a guide on setting up an SNMP daemon.

[rich]

As a newbie, I think it would be good to see a guide on configuring a workstation, things like installing apps/packages and/or what apps/packages are the best or most recommended for different distributions.
Cheers
Rich

[Vinz]

Guides on installing Mandrake 10 or RedHat 9.

vinz
manila

[killawulf]

Hi All,

I would like to see a comprehensive Guide on setting up a Net-Net and PC-Net VPN using FreeS/WAN with CentOS. There is a guide using OpenVPN but that only covers the topic partially.

Great work on the other guides. It has really been helpful.

[imaginaxion]

hughesjr thats pretty much what i would like to see too
esspecially the part with "2 NICs, one connected to your cable/DSL modem ... the other to your internal network. Allow all your internal PCs go to the internet." and setting up dhcp for the internal LAN pc too.
but once that is set up i will be doing all the rest aswell its pretty much exactly what i need

thats currently what i'm struggling with

[chrisfrankr]

would like to see a simple guide to opening downloaded programs

[tomyalarie]

I would like to see a guide on ProFTPD, setting virtual users with paths and quotas. Like how to setup ftp accounts with this deamon.

[a beast of fire]

I would like to see a guide for those users(like me) who are very advance in using windows and have experience in programming but now turning to linux.

[Boon72]

as a totally new user to linux, having just installed Mandrake 10.1 from the linux user dvd. i would like to see a simple guide of useful things to know and do.

eg. i managed to download Firefox but dont know how to install it yet as double clicking doesnt work like in windows and ive not found any instructions.

as you can see i am truly new to linux, coming from the windows generation wishing to learn more

thanks in advance

[crash_systems]

Being new to linux, I would like to see a guide on the how to solve the most common problems that people new to linux face.

[mikalee]

I would like to see a guide on how to connect with a usb modem to an isp (such as tiscali)?

[kurt476]

i would like to see a guide about how to do programing in linux how to setup programs that don't have the read me files and the readme files only tell you some times what is compalitable or just tells you about the program. so i would like to see how to find out how to install things like rpm's and tar.baz and tar.gz file formats that's the guide i would lke too see. i would also like to see a guide on how to see if the capture card works i have cx23883 and i would like too see how to setup my pc for capturing videos on linux